{"id":9548,"date":"2026-10-16T16:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T23:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=9548"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:55:15","slug":"a-very-chill-western-diamondback-in-dove-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/a-very-chill-western-diamondback-in-dove-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Chill Western Diamondback in Dove Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The homeowner\u2019s daughters were playing on their swing set when they noticed this very relaxed Western Diamondback Rattlesnake hanging out in the backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aleksa found a few gaps in the block wall that could have provided access, along with a large puddle of water from the AC condensate. In a dry desert environment, that reliable water source may have been enough to bring the snake into the yard and give it a reason to stick around for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Western Diamondback was captured without much drama and relocated into the deep cover of a large packrat nest away from the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_2795-1024x820.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_2795-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_2795-666x533.jpg 666w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_2795-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_2795.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The homeowner\u2019s daughters were playing on their swing set when they noticed this very relaxed Western Diamondback Rattlesnake hanging out in the backyard. Aleksa found a few gaps in the block wall that could have provided access, along with a large puddle of water from the AC condensate. In a dry desert environment, that reliable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[116,8,138],"class_list":["post-9548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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\/9548","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=9548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9550,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9548\/revisions\/9550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}