{"id":9193,"date":"2026-08-28T06:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=9193"},"modified":"2026-08-17T06:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:32:51","slug":"young-western-diamondback-meets-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/young-western-diamondback-meets-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Western Diamondback Meets Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This baby Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, striking out on his own for the first time, ended up in a North Phoenix parking lot that wasn\u2019t even there a year ago. Unfortunately, much of the remaining habitat in the area is also being smothered by invasive grasses and stinknet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CJ was able to find a wash that hadn\u2019t been too overrun yet, along with a deep rodent nest shaded by a palo verde on the western bank. 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