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

Snake control in Al Zahra Makkah

Al Zahra is densely built with apartment blocks standing wall to wall on a small area, narrow streets and the Al Mansour Bridge raising it above the ground. Aged drainage running beneath and almost no green space mean snakes search upward: through gaps under doors and foundation cracks toward the upper flats. The shared pipes connecting every building become highways.

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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 Zahra

Tightly stacked buildings and narrow gaps between them create dark safe passages for snakes moving in search of prey through the storeys. The method is set out in full on what Snake control involves.

The first reason

Aged drainage beneath the district becomes snake highways

Sewage pipes decades old show leaks, cracks and voids in the old pipework. Snakes use these pipes as safe passages underground from one building to another, and climb through them to reach upper floors unobserved.

The second reason

Shared entrances offer dark passages and safe corridors

The packed buildings share narrow, dark, cramped entrances and internal stairwells. These enclosed dark spaces are ideal pathways for snakes searching for rats that live in the walls of every building.

The third reason

Gaps in old walls provide deep, secure shelter

Shared pipes between flats and voids in aged walls create deep cavities where snakes hide safely out of sight and sunlight. Snakes move freely between flats through these gaps, hunting for rodents living in the walls.

Landmarks of Al Zahra

In Al Zahra, snakes move through the spaces beneath Al Mansour Bridge that spans and raises the district, and through shared drainage pipes running along Hussain Arab Street between the packed flats. Treatment must reach these hidden passages through the shared building entrances and vertical shafts.

Umm Al Qura Road
Al Mansour Street
Al Mansour Bridge
Abdullah Arif Road
Hussain Arab Street

Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

A densely built residential district of tightly packed apartment blocks covering a small area with ancient drainage networks beneath and narrow streets dividing them.

A shed skin

Shed snake skins appear in wall cavities, shared pipes and foundation gaps beneath the building blocks.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Tracks in damp residue show in interior stairwells and dark passages beneath doors where moisture collects.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Rubble heaps from old foundations and demolished interior walls create deep refuges for nesting snakes.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

Gaps beneath external and shared entrance doors allow unrestricted snake movement between flats and storeys.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows in wall cavities and under floors attract snakes because rats live there reliably all year.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Leaking water and drainage around building foundations keeps soil damp and draws small prey animals to the site.

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 Utaybiyah Sub-Municipality

Al Utaybiyah sub municipality covers the old districts north of the Grand Mosque: the hillside quarters of Al Hajun, Al Utaybiyah and Al Bayban, Al Zahir and Al Shuhada at the northern entrance, and the newer Al Zahra, Al Diyafah and An Nuzhah westward. Its building stock is among the oldest in Makkah, stone houses on the hills, packed apartment blocks and sewers decades old, threaded with crowded markets like the Utaybiyah souq and furnished flats that fill in the pilgrim seasons. Wadi Al Zahir and Wadi Al Tanim carry storm water through it, and industrial workshops line Hajj Street.

Questions about this district

Our flat is on the third floor far from the ground. How does a snake ever reach this height?

Snakes climb through wall cavities and shared drainage pipes connecting every flat. Water pipes, waste pipes and electrical conduits provide direct passages from ground to upper storeys.

Our building has old shared drainage pipes. Are they how snakes enter?

Yes, definitely. Old pipes leak and crack, and snakes use them as safe underground passages, climbing through them to any flat at any level.

The district is very densely built. Does this increase snake risk?

Yes, the density creates safe passages for snakes between tightly adjoining buildings, and narrow dark gaps between walls provide ideal shelter.

There are almost no public gardens here. Does this force snakes into flats?

Yes, few open spaces mean snakes have no safe ground alternative but to shelter inside buildings where dark spaces and walls offer refuge instead.

Our flat has complex pipes under the floor. Is this dangerous?

Yes, complex pipes create multiple gaps and pathways for snakes. Rats live in these voids and snakes follow them directly into the flat.

Is one flat treatment enough or must our neighbours act together?

One treatment may not be lasting because snakes move between flats through shared pipes. Coordination with neighbours and building management increases the chance of lasting results.

How much does snake control in Al Zahra 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 Zahra.