{"id":9160,"date":"2026-08-22T13:18:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=9160"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:19:25","slug":"two-western-diamondback-rattlesnakes-share-a-backyard-burrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/two-western-diamondback-rattlesnakes-share-a-backyard-burrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes Share a Backyard Burrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A homeowner in Rio Verde noticed a large burrow beneath a boulder in her backyard and planned to fill it in. Wanting to make sure nothing was living inside first, she placed a hose into the opening. Almost immediately, two Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes<\/strong> emerged from the burrow. By the time Marissa arrived, only one snake was still visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marissa safely captured the first rattlesnake, then spent nearly an hour flooding the extensive burrow system in an attempt to encourage the second snake to emerge. Along the way, a toad came out of the burrow, which Marissa also relocated because the homeowners have a dog. Despite the effort, the second rattlesnake never reappeared, and the homeowner will continue monitoring the area before filling the burrow. The property borders extensive desert habitat and includes a well-watered garden and several cactus patches with active packrat nests, creating excellent habitat for wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A homeowner in Rio Verde noticed a large burrow beneath a boulder in her backyard and planned to fill it in. Wanting to make sure nothing was living inside first, she placed a hose into the opening. Almost immediately, two Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes emerged from the burrow. By the time Marissa arrived, only one snake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[103,138],"class_list":["post-9160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona-snakes","category-snake-removal","tag-toad","tag-western-diamondback-rattlesnake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160","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=9160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9167,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions\/9167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}