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

Snake control in Al Sahifah Jeddah

Al Sahifah is an old central district adjoining historic Jeddah between Al Balad, Al Ammariyah, Al Kandarah and Al Sabil, with mixed old urban fabric and newer apartment buildings and continuous commercial activity on Old Makkah Road and King Abdulaziz Road. Snakes come from ageing drainage and dense commercial kitchens and shared pipes that run from the commercial street into the flats and villas.

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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 Sahifah

The old mixed fabric and varied buildings and shared pipes cutting through the district offer complex routes for snakes and rodents from the commercial street into the flats and villas. The method is set out in full on the full Snake control page.

The first reason

Dense commercial street and kitchens supply steady rat food

Old Makkah Road and Khalid ibn Al Walid Street and Bab Sharif are packed with shops and restaurants and furnished flats, leaving food waste and exposed food to feed rats constantly, and snakes come at night to hunt them.

The second reason

Old mixed fabric hides complex networks and gaps

Old and new buildings mixed with different wall thickness and complex piping offer a network of voids and passages, snakes use this network to travel from street to flat with ease.

The third reason

Central location between old districts increases pressure

Al Sahifah is surrounded by old districts like Al Balad and Al Ammariyah, all sharing drainage and dampness problems, snakes move easily between adjacent quarters through shared pipes and gaps.

The character of Al Sahifah

Apartment district: residential blocks, repeated floors and shared entrances

Old central districts with apartment blocks and villas mixed with shops and restaurants supply snakes with steady rat food throughout the year, and the complex mixed urban fabric and overlapping shared pipes and crossing lines make snake exclusion very difficult.

Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

An old central district with varied buildings of different ages and newer apartment blocks and continuous commercial activity, Old Makkah Road and King Abdulaziz Road as main axes, old water, sewer and electrical lines.

A shed skin

Shed skins lie on damp floor slabs beneath flats and villas and around old sewer pipes at ground and upper floors.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Snake tracks mark damp soil behind restaurants and shops and around open drain outlets on Old Makkah Road.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Piles of rubble and old materials from ongoing repairs in the mixed urban fabric offer safe hiding places for snakes.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

Wide gaps beneath doors and windows and worn pipes and wiring offer many passages for snakes between shop and flat.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows spread through soil and voids beneath the commercial street and shops and beneath flats and villas.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Persistent leaking from any small green spaces and constant seepage from old pipes keeps soil damp.

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 Sahifah

Al Sahifah lies between Old Makkah Road to the north and King Abdulaziz Road to the east, with Bab Sharif and King Abdulaziz Mosque within its area, and snake control requires sealing all the shop openings along the main roads and the old conduits, and tracking shared pipes from the commercial street into every flat and villa.

Old Makkah Road
King Abdulaziz Road
Khalid ibn Al Walid Street
Bab Sharif
King Abdulaziz Mosque

Questions about this district

A flat in Al Sahifah overlooking a commercial street and a snake enters it. How?

The commercial street packed with restaurants and waste attracts rats, and shared pipes and gaps connect from the restaurants below directly up to the flat above.

Are shared pipes between the street and the flat the main cause?

Yes, shared old pipes and gaps around them offer a direct route for rats and snakes from the restaurants to the flat.

Are older villas between the apartment blocks at lower risk than the flats?

Older villas around the commercial street face the same risk, they may be slightly lower as they are detached but shared pipes still connect them.

Does the old Al Balad beside Al Sahifah increase snakes in this district?

Yes, Al Balad and Al Ammariyah and Al Kandarah are all old quarters with shared drainage problems, snakes move easily from these quarters into Al Sahifah through shared pipes.

Does closing the commercial shops at night protect the neighbouring flat from snakes?

Closing the shops reduces rats a little but old pipes and gaps connect from the shops to the flat whatever doors are locked.

Does historic Bab Sharif right beside the district affect the presence of snakes?

Bab Sharif is historically important but the district is very densely packed with residents and commercial activity, snakes are here for food and waste, not because of the historic site.

How much does snake control in Al Sahifah 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 Sahifah.