{"id":102680,"date":"2022-04-22T12:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-identify-a-baby-rattlesnake-3\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:34:28","slug":"how-do-you-identify-a-baby-rattlesnake-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-identify-a-baby-rattlesnake-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you identify a baby rattlesnake?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-identify-a-baby-rattlesnake-3\/#How_do_you_identify_a_baby_rattlesnake\" title=\"How do you identify a baby rattlesnake?\">How do you identify a baby rattlesnake?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-identify-a-baby-rattlesnake-3\/#How_can_you_tell_the_difference_between_a_baby_gopher_snake_and_a_baby_rattlesnake\" title=\"How can you tell the difference between a baby gopher snake and a baby rattlesnake?\">How can you tell the difference between a baby gopher snake and a baby rattlesnake?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-identify-a-baby-rattlesnake-3\/#How_small_are_baby_rattlesnakes\" title=\"How small are baby rattlesnakes?\">How small are baby rattlesnakes?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-identify-a-baby-rattlesnake-3\/#Does_a_baby_rattlesnake_have_rattles\" title=\"Does a baby rattlesnake have rattles?\">Does a baby rattlesnake have rattles?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_identify_a_baby_rattlesnake\"><\/span>How do you identify a baby rattlesnake?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A rattlesnake&#8217;s most distinguishing feature is its rattles, but <b>baby rattlers don&#8217;t have rattles until they shed their skin for the first time. Instead, the baby has a little knob  called a button  on its tail. When an adult rattlesnake feels threatened, it coils, rattles and hisses all at the same time.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_you_tell_the_difference_between_a_baby_gopher_snake_and_a_baby_rattlesnake\"><\/span>How can you tell the difference between a baby gopher snake and a baby rattlesnake?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An adult rattlesnake will usually have a nice-sized rattle, so that&#8217;s easy, but <b>a young rattlesnake may only have a single button. Look instead for rings at the base of a stubby tail (rattlesnake), or a long tapered tail which ends in a point (gopher snake).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_small_are_baby_rattlesnakes\"><\/span>How small are baby rattlesnakes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Rattlesnake eggs will stay inside their mother until they hatch. Most of the time there are 8-10 babies born at once and are <b>about 10 inches long. Babies are born venomous but cannot rattle and are often more aggressive than the adults.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_a_baby_rattlesnake_have_rattles\"><\/span>Does a baby rattlesnake have rattles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Baby rattlesnakes are born with a single rattle segment. That&#8217;s cute, but it won&#8217;t make a sound until its second shed skin, several weeks after it is born. It may try and rattle anyway, but you won&#8217;t hear it.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How do you identify a baby rattlesnake?How can you tell the difference between a baby gopher snake and a baby rattlesnake?How small are baby rattlesnakes?Does a baby rattlesnake have rattles? How do you identify a baby rattlesnake? A rattlesnake&#8217;s most distinguishing feature is its rattles, but baby rattlers don&#8217;t have rattles until&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}