Central Coast Snake Services owner and Cal Poly biology professor Emily Taylor said because of the cold spring, the rattlesnake population boom has been late to start.
Recent flooding sent many Central Coast residents away from their homes, and animals face the same dilemma. The Central Coast Snake Services has received several calls of displaced rattlesnakes.
The height of rattlesnake season typically begins in April or May, but animal experts say the severe drought and heat waves on the Central Coast are making the snakes come out earlier.