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

Snake control in Al Awali Makkah

Al Awali is a modern villa district laid out in the nineteen nineties on high ground south east of the city, bounded to the north by the holy sites and to the east by Umm Al Qura University. Prince Sultan Road and the Fourth Ring Road cross it, with Wateer Mall and Muraykhiyat Hills within its boundaries. Each villa has a private garden with automatic irrigation, and the foundation cavities are relatively wide, so snakes find abundant prey in rats and geckos.

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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 Awali

Privately irrigated gardens provide ideal conditions for rat and gecko breeding year round, and large villa footprints create substantial cavities beneath the foundations. The method is set out in full on Snake control in detail.

The first reason

Villas with irrigated gardens and large foundation gaps

Villas in Al Awali are large and modern, each with a private garden on automatic watering. Constant irrigation attracts rats, geckos and insects, and the wide cavities beneath the foundations provide safe passages for snakes to enter and hunt.

The second reason

Private gardens are isolated prey refuges

Each villa is walled, and its private garden is an isolated safe environment for rats and geckos. Snakes enter the garden through gaps beneath the wall or gate and find a steady food source within.

The third reason

Elevation and hills provide pathways for wild snakes

Al Awali sits at high elevation beside Muraykhiyat Hills, meaning wild snakes migrate directly from the hills towards the villas when pressure on natural populations in the hills increases.

The character of Al Awali

Villa district: private plots, gardens and a boundary wall to every house

Villas in Al Awali provide ideal conditions for snakes: irrigated gardens supply steady prey, wide foundation gaps offer safe passages, and each villa is isolated from its neighbours.

Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

Villas in Al Awali are large and modern on elevated ground, private gardens are spacious and heavily irrigated, and proximity to hills and the sacred sites affects local wildlife.

A shed skin

Shed snake skin is left in gaps beneath the foundation and in dark corners of the private garden.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Snake tracks appear in damp soil around the irrigation system and garden and in gaps between villas.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Piles of block and rubble from maintenance work provide temporary shelter for snakes.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

The gap beneath the villa gate widens as the foundation naturally subsides and from continuous use.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows spread in every damp spot in the garden and beneath the foundation around the villa.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Leaking irrigation lines provide constant moisture that attracts earthworms, insects and rats.

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.

Landmarks of Al Awali

Work in Al Awali begins from Prince Sultan Road and the Fourth Ring Road, which form the district's main spines. Wateer Mall and Umm Al Qura University surround the villas, meaning snakes approach from these directions.

Prince Sultan Road
Fourth Ring Road
Dhat An Nitaqain Street
Imam Muslim Mosque
Wateer Mall
Muraykhiyat Hills

Questions about this district

Does automatic garden watering attract snakes directly?

Automatic watering attracts rats, geckos and insects but not snakes directly. The prey it draws is what pulls snakes into the garden and then into the villa.

Is the gap beneath a villa gate in Al Awali very wide?

Modern villas were built to good standards, but natural subsidence and ground settlement open new cavities. After years of settlement, the gap becomes noticeable.

Are Muraykhiyat Hills nearby a source of wild snakes?

The hills provide natural habitat for snakes and rodents, and pressure on natural populations pushes them towards human villa settlements. Villas on the periphery are most exposed.

Does the boundary wall around the villa stop snakes entering?

The wall stops snakes from crawling over the surface, but they enter underground through gaps beneath the wall or through lateral cavities in the structure.

Is the private garden safe from snakes if the gate is closed?

A closed garden creates a safe environment for rats and geckos, and snakes enter from below ground or through lateral gaps, not only through the gate.

Are new villas more exposed than old ones?

New villas were protected initially, but natural subsidence reveals cavities over time. Villas built decades ago now face significant problems.

How much does snake control in Al Awali 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 Awali.