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Dog Alerts Homeowner to Hidden Rattlesnake

Posted on by Bryan Hughes

This homeowner contacted us after noticing her dog barking at something in the backyard. When she stepped outside to investigate, she discovered a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake coiled in the corner of the yard. Thankfully, the dog alerted her to the unwelcome visitor and was never bitten despite being quick to react to the snake’s presence.

After a quick web search, she gave us a call and Josh was on the road within minutes. By the time he arrived, the snake had already moved from its original location. After a careful inspection of the yard, Josh decided to check beneath a storage cabinet filled with gardening tools. One by one, he carefully removed the lower drawers until he finally located the snake coiled in a dark, cool corner beneath one of the shelves.

Josh safely secured the snake in a bucket and relocated it to a nearby wash, releasing it into a deep rodent den within its estimated home range.

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Found Near Saguaro National Park

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This homeowner, a previous customer, has had several Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes in her yard before, which isn’t surprising with Saguaro National Park just a stone’s throw away. Her landscaper was clearing weeds along the property when he spotted this Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. When we arrived, the snake had started making its way toward a gate, but we were able to secure it in the bucket before it made it out. It was then released to a wash within its estimated home range into a deep rodent burrow.

Rattlesnake in a Crawl Space

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A customer watched a snake slip into a storage space and asked us to come take a look. We found it wedged behind some boxes against the back wall. The home sits in a built-up area, but it’s only about 20 yards from a large wash on Tucson’s east side, so that’s where we released it at an appropriate distance from the capture site. When we first set it at the entrance of a packrat nest it tucked its head and froze, then it figured out it was free and disappeared inside. Tucson, AZ

Two Rattlesnakes Under A Shed In Picture Rocks

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Gary carefully extracted two Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes from under a shed in the Picture Rocks area. The owner helped get the old shed up using a bobcat! Both snakes had an interesting reddish hue – not uncommon, but these were on the far end of “colorful” for Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes in the region. Both were relocated together to suitable habitat for hibernation … not that they’ll be doing that for long.