{"id":9551,"date":"2026-10-17T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=9551"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:59:38","slug":"a-black-coachwhip-one-yard-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/a-black-coachwhip-one-yard-over\/","title":{"rendered":"A Black Coachwhip, One Yard Over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Mesa homeowner saw a long, slender black snake cross his back patio in the morning. A few hours later, his wife still wasn\u2019t interested in going outside until someone had checked the yard, so Marissa came out to take a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There wasn\u2019t much cover in the backyard, and after searching the few likely hiding places, she was getting ready to leave when the next-door neighbor spotted her and asked if she was looking for a snake. As it turned out, the snake had apparently just moved one yard over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The neighbor had seen a black snake in her backyard and was carrying a shovel with the intention of killing it. Someone else was already on the way to rescue the snake, so Marissa offered to find it in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She located a beautiful black Coachwhip<\/a> wedged into a narrow gap between the house and the fence. It had recently eaten, and the large meal in its stomach was preventing it from squeezing the rest of the way through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marissa carefully freed the Coachwhip and waited for Nick, who had already driven out to rescue it, then handed the snake over to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not the snake Marissa expected to find, and technically not even in the yard she was called to, but a pretty good outcome for everyone involved, especially the Coachwhip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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