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

Snake control in Al Hajlah Makkah

Al Hajlah lies along Ibrahim Al Khalil Street southwest of the Grand Mosque, a narrow quarter squeezed between two hills. Once the firewood market, it is now a wall of pilgrim hotels and rented apartment blocks climbing to the mosque courtyards. Snakes favour this quarter because high humidity, severe crowding and abundant rodents provide them with shelter, food and free movement between tightly stacked buildings.

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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 Hajlah

In Al Hajlah snakes enter beneath hotel and building doors hunting rats that feed on guest scraps. Gaps between buildings and cracks in walls provide direct routes to rooms. The method is set out in full on what Snake control involves.

The first reason

Hotels and blocks stacked very tightly

Hotels and buildings in Al Hajlah stand shoulder to shoulder with no gaps. Snakes move freely through narrow spaces between them, across roofs and along walls.

The second reason

Crowding and constant food scraps

Pilgrims fill the hotels. Food scraps and rubbish scatter in passages and rooms. Rodents breed here abundantly because food is constantly present.

The third reason

High humidity and surrounding hills

Al Hajlah lies between two hills with high humidity always. Hills provide natural shelter for snakes and rodents. Snakes descend from hills to hotels hunting prey.

Al Hajlah on the map

Al Hajlah sits about 0.5 km from Ajyad and about 0.5 km from Al Shubaikah.

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Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

Al Hajlah is a narrow passage climbing toward the mosque courtyards, enclosed by high hills on both sides. Buildings are very closely spaced, hotels are crowded, and humidity is very high year round.

A shed skin

A shed skin: Shed skins appear behind hotels and in narrow gaps, evidence of constant snake movement.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

The track in the sand: Spaces between buildings carry high moisture with clear crawl marks in soil.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Block and rubble piles: Building waste heaps around Al Hajlah and Jabal Omar offer shelter for snakes.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

The gap under the gate: Hotel doors have wide gaps and double door openings leave spacious gaps between them.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows: Beneath hotels and buildings and in wall gaps deep burrows house mice and rats.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

A leaking irrigation line: Water from hotel and passage cleaning provides constant moisture attracting insects and rodents.

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 Hajlah

Ibrahim Al Khalil Street climbs from Al Misfalah to the south toward the mosque courtyards and Jabal Omar on the west, and snakes use this very narrow passage to climb and descend, sheltering behind Al Shubaikah Cemetery and in gaps between the tightly packed hotels lining the climbing street.

Ibrahim Al Khalil Street
The Grand Mosque
Jabal Omar
Al Shubaikah Cemetery
Al Hijrah Street

Questions about this district

Do crowded hotels attract snakes?

Yes greatly. Crowded hotels feed rodents abundantly and numerous rodents attract numerous snakes.

Do guest scraps and rubbish attract rodents?

Yes. Scraps from thousands of guests daily provide rodents with constant food and insects with shelter.

Do hills surrounding Al Hajlah supply snakes?

Yes. Hills provide natural habitat for snakes and rodents. Snakes descend to hotels hunting better food.

Does high humidity attract insects and frogs?

Very much. High humidity creates perfect habitat for insects and small frogs that attract snakes.

Do gaps between buildings provide snake passages?

Absolutely. Narrow gaps between hotels provide safe corridors for snakes to move freely.

Does the narrow Ibrahim Al Khalil Street aid snakes?

Yes. The very narrow street and closely packed tall buildings create darkness and moisture snakes prefer.

How much does snake control in Al Hajlah 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 Hajlah.