Reptile expert reveals how he pulled a rattlesnake out of a bottle without getting bitten

A reptile expert has explained the steps he and his wife took to safely remove a rattlesnake that was discovered trapped in a plastic bottle.

Professional snake catcher and Rattlesnake Solutions Employee Tim Agnello recalled this week’s event with the The Miami Herald.

A boy first saw the western rattlesnake at his home in Arizona.

Described as a “dangerous situation for everyone involved” in a post on facebookTim was unharmed after removing the reptile from the bottle.

Agnello used several tools to remove the snake: oil, scissors, a snake tube and a second pair of hands.

Arizona-based reptile expert Tim Agnello explained how he managed to pull a snake out of a plastic bottle earlier this month.

The north Phoenix boy found the snake in the family yard after hearing a rattle in early October.

The family then contacted Rattlesnake Solutions around 10:00 pm and Agnello rushed to help.

“It was a 2-foot western diamondback and it was stuck half in and half out of this bottle that was part of the irrigation system,” Agnello told McClatchy News.

‘The bottle had to be secured to something so the snake could get into it. “We’ve seen all kinds of crazy things on calls, but this one was good,” Agnello said.

The feisty rattlesnake was eager to get out of the bottle, and Agnello revealed that the creature would have starved to death if it had not been rescued.

Agnello later recruited his wife, Wendy, to help him with the rescue so the Western Diamondback wouldn’t bite.

The expert then used scissors and a snake tube to break the bottle.

Agnello asked his wife, Wendy, for help to make sure the western rattlesnake didn’t bite.

‘We had two pairs of hands and Wendy got oil and lubricated the snake. We tried to get it out of the bottle, but it was too stuck,” Agnello explained.

The couple realized the bottle needed to be cut open, so they placed the rattlesnake’s head in a snake tube to prevent it from biting them.

Agnello then began cutting the bottle with scissors and made “small cuts” to ensure the reptile was not hurt.

The couple managed to remove the rattlesnake in five minutes.

The creature was exhausted, but apparently unharmed.

Agnello transported the rattlesnake back to its “home range,” and released it into what Rattlesnake Solutions wrote as a “selected microhabitat.”

“While I was there, I saw another rattlesnake coiled up less than five feet away, so I knew I was in a good place,” he told the Miami Herald.

It took Agnello five minutes to cut the bottle. The expert took the unharmed snake the next day to a “selected microhabitat”

Western rattlesnakes frequent the Phoenix area and are the largest rattlesnakes in Arizona.

These slippery reptiles can live more than 20 years and generally grow between four and six feet long.

It typically takes several years for rattlesnakes to reach that length, and they are only about 10 to 12 inches long when they are born.

A common method for identifying a western diamondback rattlesnake is to look at the bands on its tail, according to Rattlesnake Solutions.

These reptiles can be extremely dangerous and are not afraid to attack when they feel threatened.

Because of this, experts, including those at Rattlesnake Solutions, advise people not to approach a western rattlesnake.