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

Snake control in Al Rusayfah Makkah

Al Rusayfah is a planned land grant scheme on the third ring road west of the city, surrounded by Al Hindawiyah, Al Khalidiyah, Al Nuzha and Al Shawqiyah. New apartment buildings and villa schemes sit alongside the Haramain High Speed Railway Station and the entrance to the Jeddah Expressway, with multiple neighbourhood parks. The district is newly planned but moisture from new foundations and irrigated gardens provides suitable conditions for snakes.

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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 Rusayfah

New foundations are still undergoing natural subsidence and ground settlement, opening cavities that were not originally designed into the structure. The method is set out in full on our Snake control service.

The first reason

Railway station provides wide underground passages

The Haramain High Speed Station in Al Rusayfah contains extensive tunnels and underground passages. These passages provide ideal shelter for rodents and snakes, and enable them to move easily from the station into neighbouring homes.

The second reason

The expressway entrance brings movement and insects

The expressway entrance is very close to the district, and continuous traffic attracts rodents, insects and snakes pursuing them. The road itself provides side passages where animals travel easily.

The third reason

Irrigated parks draw rats and geckos

The district includes public parks and green spaces with automatic irrigation. This attracts rats and geckos in large numbers, and snakes come from outside the district pursuing this prey into homes.

Al Rusayfah on the map

Al Rusayfah sits about 1.5 km from Al Hindawiyah and about 2 km from Al Khalidiyah.

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Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

The district sits on an orderly plateau where major axes intersect, with modern foundations and cavities beneath them that have not yet widened with time and settlement.

A shed skin

Shed snake skin is left in cavities beneath new foundations and in public parks where moisture and shelter are available.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Snake tracks appear in damp soil around parks and in passages between the district and the railway station.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Piles of block and rubble from ongoing construction work provide safe shelter for snakes and rodents.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

Gaps beneath new villa gates widen as natural foundation subsidence and ground settlement continue.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows appear in every damp spot in the parks and around new foundations.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Leaking irrigation lines and high moisture around foundations create ideal conditions for insects and earthworms.

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 Misfalah Sub-Municipality

Al Misfalah sub municipality runs downhill from the south of the Grand Mosque through Al Misfalah, Kudai and Al Rawabi to Al Taqwa, Al Hindawiyah, Al Khalidiyah and Al Rusayfah at the third ring road. The northern end is old apartment blocks and pilgrim hotels with restaurants along Ibrahim Al Khalil Street and the huge coach parks at Kudai. The south and west are dense popular districts with countless small shops and unplanned hillside housing, some of it already cleared for redevelopment, giving way to orderly land grant schemes in Al Rusayfah beside the railway station.

Questions about this district

Are new foundations in Al Rusayfah safer than older ones?

New foundations are better sealed initially, but natural subsidence and ground settlement open new cavities. Homes built years ago are now showing snake problems.

Is the railway station a direct source of snakes and rodents?

The station provides shelter and food for rodents and insects, and snakes come pursuing rats. Underground passages link the station to the district easily.

Does proximity to the expressway increase snake numbers?

The expressway attracts rodents and insects through movement, lighting and activity, and snakes follow them. Closeness to the entrance means higher risks.

Are the public parks in Al Rusayfah safe from snakes and rats?

Irrigated parks provide food and water for rats and geckos, and snakes inhabit them hunting prey. Rats enter neighbouring homes from the parks.

Is a villa far from the railway station safer?

Distance from the station reduces direct risk, but snakes can spread across the whole district. If the villa sits beside an irrigated park, the risk is equal.

Do foundation gaps in new buildings differ from old ones?

New foundations continue to subside, and gaps widen over time. After years, new foundations become like old ones in terms of the cavities they develop.

How much does snake control in Al Rusayfah 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 Rusayfah.