{"id":6947,"date":"2025-07-10T15:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=6947"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:58:04","slug":"can-a-gophersnake-sound-like-a-rattlesnake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/can-a-gophersnake-sound-like-a-rattlesnake\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Gophersnake Sound Like A Rattlesnake?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yes, gophersnakes and bullsnakes can make a loud, rasping sound and shake their tails to make a sound that can convince a predator that it is dealing with a rattlesnake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A homeowner noticed his dog approach a snake on the patio, which resulted in a rattling sound. He called the dog in and gave us a call. Marissa arrived to find this large Sonoran Gophersnake cruing around in the corner, unable to climb over the smooth block wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are harmless snakes of course, but they can make a big sound and sure seem convincing! This one even had an old injury, perhaps from being caught in bird netting in the past, or its last performance as a “rattlesnake” with some predator out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about why we sometimes relocate harmless snakes: https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeblog\/rattlesnake-solutions\/why-relocate-harmless-snakes\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, gophersnakes and bullsnakes can make a loud, rasping sound and shake their tails to make a sound that can convince a predator that it is dealing with a rattlesnake. A homeowner noticed his dog approach a snake on the patio, which resulted in a rattling sound. He called the dog in and gave us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[116,8],"class_list":["post-6947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snake-removal","tag-arizona-snake-removal","tag-snake-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6954,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions\/6954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}