{"id":9508,"date":"2026-10-07T16:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=9508"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:20:03","slug":"a-western-diamondback-getting-a-little-too-comfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/a-western-diamondback-getting-a-little-too-comfortable\/","title":{"rendered":"A Western Diamondback Getting a Little Too Comfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Western Diamondback Rattlesnake was found at a property in Carefree where the yard blends almost seamlessly into the surrounding native desert. Snakes are a regular part of life here, and the homeowners are accustomed to seeing them come and go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This particular rattlesnake, however, had been hanging around for the past few weeks and seemed to be getting a little too comfortable close to the home, so they decided it was time for a relocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, in an area like this, suitable habitat wasn\u2019t difficult to find. Jason located a huge packrat nest well within the snake\u2019s estimated home range and released it directly into deep cover, making for a quick relocation with as little stress to the snake as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"9509\" src=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7051.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7051-426x533.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"9510\" src=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7046-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7046-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7046-426x533.jpg 426w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7046-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7046.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Western Diamondback Rattlesnake was found at a property in Carefree where the yard blends almost seamlessly into the surrounding native desert. Snakes are a regular part of life here, and the homeowners are accustomed to seeing them come and go. This particular rattlesnake, however, had been hanging around for the past few weeks and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[116,8],"class_list":["post-9508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona-snakes","category-snake-removal","tag-arizona-snake-removal","tag-snake-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9508","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=9508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9511,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9508\/revisions\/9511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}