{"id":9463,"date":"2026-09-29T08:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T15:32:40","slug":"check-the-doormat-for-rattlesnakes-before-letting-the-dogs-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/check-the-doormat-for-rattlesnakes-before-letting-the-dogs-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Check the Doormat for Rattlesnakes Before Letting the Dogs Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This homeowner went to let the dogs out onto the back deck and was understandably startled to find a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake resting comfortably on the doormat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They gave us a call, and the snake was helpful enough to stay exactly where it was while Gary made the drive to the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a fairly straightforward capture, Gary relocated the rattlesnake into deep cover inside a large packrat midden on a nearby hillside. A much better place to relax than directly outside a door with dogs on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This homeowner went to let the dogs out onto the back deck and was understandably startled to find a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake resting comfortably on the doormat. They gave us a call, and the snake was helpful enough to stay exactly where it was while Gary made the drive to the property. After a fairly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,5],"tags":[116,8,138],"class_list":["post-9463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rattlesnake-solutions","category-snake-removal","tag-arizona-snake-removal","tag-snake-removal","tag-western-diamondback-rattlesnake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463","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=9463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9468,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463\/revisions\/9468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}