A technician checking a boundary wall line and pipe entries at ground level

Snake control in Al Ammariyah Jeddah

Al Ammariyah is a very old district in central Jeddah around the Eve Cemetery, Maqbarat Ummina Hawwa, with ancient apartment buildings on tight streets between Bab Makkah and Al Kandarah. Humidity is high and nearness to the sea, the Islamic Port and the Arbaeen lagoon keeps it high year round. The very old drainage networks provide easy passages for rodents and snakes. The district is dense with popular markets and restaurants supplying abundant food.

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Targeted, not broadcast

Product goes into cracks and runways, never sprayed across open surfaces.
Told before we start

What we will use, where it goes, and what to cover or move before we arrive.
A follow-up visit

We return after the first treatment, because what survives it does not show on the day.
Homes and businesses

Apartments and villas, and kitchens and stores that need a record of each visit.

Why they keep coming back in Al Ammariyah

Dense markets and restaurants supply abundant food scraps for rodents, and old gaps and cracks provide complex passages for animals. The method is set out in full on Snake control in detail.

The first reason

Dense markets, restaurants and abundant food

The district is full of popular markets, eateries and stores supplying rodents and cockroaches with year round food. Rodents move from the markets into neighbouring homes seeking water and safe shelter. Snakes follow the rodents from the market into homes.

The second reason

Sea humidity and nearness to port and beach

The district is very close to the sea, the port and the lagoon, with high humidity year round. Moisture attracts insects and rodents, and snakes favour damp, cool, dark environments. Nearness to the sea means snakes potentially from the coast.

The third reason

Very old and complex water and drainage networks

Water and drainage networks are very old and connect all buildings in complex ways. Pipes are broken and leak, and rodents and snakes use them as safe passages. Moisture from leaks supplies year round water.

Al Ammariyah on the map

Al Ammariyah sits about 1 km from Al Kandarah and about 1 km from Al Balad.

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Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

The district sits in Jeddah's historic core beside the Eve Cemetery and close to the sea, the port and lagoons. Humidity stays high all year, and water and drainage networks are very old.

A shed skin

Shed skins are left in old gaps and cracks and dark corners, and in drainage pipes and damp zones.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Tracks appear on damp walls and ground in gaps and tight streets.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Piles of market waste and ancient rubble offer shelter for rodents and snakes in streets and gaps.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

Gaps in cracked ancient walls, openings between floors and spaces around pipes provide direct entry.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows are numerous in damp earth beneath foundations, gaps between homes and dark corners.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Water leaking from very old pipes and moisture gathering in gaps and streets supply year round water for rodents and insects.

How we work

1
Inspect and locate

We work the perimeter, the garden and the service rooms with a torch and a mirror, reading the tracks, the skins and the burrows to establish whether it is still on site and where it came in.
2
Safe removal

It comes out on a hook and tongs into a closed container and is released away from buildings where that is possible, with no chasing it around a room.
3
Close the routes, take away the shelter

A strip under the gate, sleeves around pipe entries, tight covers on the floor drains, and the blocks and palm fronds moved off the wall line.
4
Cut the food, then come back

We treat the rodents and the geckos on the perimeter, then return once that activity has settled to check the sealed points and look for any fresh track.

What snake control includes

A recorded site inspection

Perimeter, garden, service rooms and pipe entries, with tracks and skins recorded before anything is applied.
Drains and entries closed

Tight covers on floor drains, sleeves around waste and air conditioning pipe runs, and the weep holes in the boundary wall closed.
Rodent work around the building

Closed bait stations on the rodent runs, because cutting the prey is what makes the site stop suiting them.
Perimeter treatment down the food chain

Insects on lit walls hold the geckos, and geckos feed some species, so we treat the chain from the bottom up.
A perimeter housekeeping list

What to move off the wall line, how low to cut the ground cover, where the lighting sits, and what to do if you see another one.
A scheduled follow-up

A set date to check the sealed points, the rodent stations and any new track in the sand.

What is different about Al Balad Sub-Municipality

Al Balad sub municipality covers the historic core of Jeddah and the districts that first grew outside its wall. Its building stock is the oldest in the city: heritage stone houses and apartment blocks from past decades, threaded with hotels, shops and crowded popular markets around Bab Makkah, Bab Sharif and the Kandarah Souq. Nearness to the sea, the Islamic Port and the Arbaeen lagoon keeps humidity high all year, water and drainage networks are old, and narrow lanes, dense eateries and commercial storerooms put food and shelter within reach at every corner.

Questions about this district

The district is very old and very close to the sea. Do snakes come directly from the sea?

Snakes do not come directly from the sea. However, the coast does host different snake species, and rodents from markets supply them a reason to come. The snake follows the rodents and moisture.

The popular market sits directly beside the house. Does this greatly increase snake risk?

Yes, directly. The market supplies abundant food for rodents, and rodents move into homes seeking water and shelter. Snakes follow them.

Humidity is very high and walls stay damp year round. Does this strongly attract snakes?

Humidity attracts insects and rodents, and snakes may follow them. However, snakes come only if there are rodents nearby. Treating rodents matters more than reducing humidity.

Old pipes are broken. Does water leakage attract snakes?

Leakage attracts rodents, insects and snails. Snakes may follow the rodents. Repairing leaking pipes matters alongside sealing entry points.

The flat sits above a shop. Do numerous rodents from the shop mean numerous snakes?

The shop supplies abundant food for rodents, and more rodents may appear. However, snakes arrive one or two at a time, not in large numbers.

The district surrounds a very old cemetery. Does this affect snakes?

Burial grounds supply no food or water for living animals. Rodents from the markets are the reason, not the cemetery.

How much does snake control in Al Ammariyah cost?

It is set after the inspection, because the price follows the type of infestation, the size of the space, how far it has spread and the number of visits it needs. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Ammariyah.