Jason responded to a call at a Peoria home where a Speckled Rattlesnake was found relaxing in the shade under a raised planter. With nearby mountain habitat being developed at a rapid pace, encounters like this are becoming more common. Jason safely captured the snake and released it to suitable habitat within its estimated home range, placing it into a red rock cave with ideal shelter.
This juvenile Western Diamondback Rattlesnake was sitting pretty at a Peoria home while the homeowner was out doing some yard work. It stayed perfectly still until Jon brought out the tongs. He safely removed it from the property and relocated it to the nearby mountain, placing it into suitable habitat within its estimated home range.
A job site manager noticed one of his workers suddenly jump up and run after looking down into a crack between the sidewalk and the concrete base of a light pole. He quickly realized the worker had likely spotted a snake and called Rattlesnake Solutions before getting any closer to investigate. When I arrived, the manager was standing a good distance away and pointed me toward the narrow crack where the snake had been seen. The rattlesnake hadn’t moved since the original sighting and was still tucked into the gap. With some gentle coaxing, I was able to guide it out of the crack and safely secure it. Afterward, I walked the perimeter of the work site since they mentioned they were about to move several large items and structures that hadn’t been touched in a long time. While no additional snakes were found during the inspection, I let them know we’re always happy to help if they come across more during the construction process. The rattlesnake was relocated to a safely distanced drainage area with a deep network of holes at the base of Palo Verde and Creosote, where it quickly disappeared into its new home.
The homeowner’s son was jumping on his trampoline when he noticed a Western Diamondback coiled up nearby. He quickly alerted his parents, who were able to keep an eye on the snake until we arrived. The property had plenty of dense landscaping and sits directly next to the Agua Fria drainage, which provides excellent habitat. A packrat nest in the dry section of the riverbed offered the perfect, and likely familiar, cover for the snake to be relocated to safely.
The first snake relocation call for Greyson of 2026: “We got called out initially due to the snake in the first photo sprawling himself in front of the customers front door As they went to retrieve a package, he scooted off to the overhang of the home to wait them out. After that snake was secure, the customer mentioned seeing a shed skin in the opposite corner, behind a potted plant filled with water. I looked under the overhang of the home and noticed unmistakable shape of a an atrox head. Flooded out the area and out came another diamondback! Both were released to a preserve area nearby”
The homeowner’s daughter was in the garage, and she just spotted the baby rattlesnake coiled under their leaf blower by the garage door. They had a little gap in the corner of the garage when the door was shut, and that’s how the snake got in. It had been raining really heavily the last few days, and the little one was probably getting out of the floodwater. The home had a drainage right beside it that led to a wash and then more desert. There was a lot of construction in this area as well. – Peoria, Arizona
