Snake control in Jabal Al Noor, Makkah

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 Jabal Al Noor

Apartment buildings here have shared entrances and stairwells, and continuous visitor and pilgrim traffic through the shared doors means they are rarely fully closed. The method is set out in full on what Snake control involves.

The first reason

Snakes descending from the mountain

Jabal Al Noor holds trees and damp soil the year round and snakes live on its slopes. When small insects and frogs become scarce they descend to hunt for alternative prey in the residential blocks below, entering through any available crack or broken drain.

The second reason

Cracks in the old building facades

The stone facades of the older apartment blocks on the slope are cut by deep cracks and gaps between stones of uneven size. These fissures provide easy passage into the building interior and up to the higher flats through the structural gaps.

The third reason

Old shared pipes running down the slope

Pipes that collect or drain water down the mountain face are decades old and broken in places. Snakes move within the dark wet pipes, shedding skin as evidence of their passage through the building frame.

Jabal Al Noor on the map

Jabal Al Noor sits about 1.5 km from Al Adl and about 2.5 km from Al Khansa.

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Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

The mountain and its wadis carry flash floods after rain, and the damp lower slopes near the Grand Mosque and pilgrimage routes hold insects, frogs and rodents that attract snakes from the heights.

A shed skin

Shed snake skin along the water pipes on the flat wall signals continuous movement through broken points in the shared drainage.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Trails in dust and sand along the deep cracks between the stones pinpoint the entry routes and the movement paths the snake prefers.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Piles of concrete blocks and rubble from the old mountain excavations and building work provide shelter for snakes and rodents near the building facades.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

The gap beneath flat doors and shared entrances allows snakes to pass even when the door is closed, especially old heavy doors with settling frames.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows in the old stone foundations and in the soil around the mountain base attract snakes hunting for prey.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Broken drainage pipes and water leaks on flat walls maintain constant dampness that draws insects and small frogs.

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 Maabdah Sub-Municipality

Al Maabdah sub municipality climbs from Al Abtah and Al Jumayzah beside the Al Mualla cemetery up through Al Khansa and Rai Adhakhir to Al Adl, Jabal Al Nour, Wadi Jaleel and Qurtubah on the outer ring roads. It mixes hotels and pilgrim housing near the Grand Mosque with old popular houses on hillside passes, new housing schemes on valley floors that carry flash floods after rain, and industrial plots, workshops and warehouses along Al Hajj Street in Qurtubah. Street widening and expropriation leave partly demolished frontages in Al Khansa.

Questions about this district

Visitors climb the mountain at night and may disturb snakes. Do they drop straight down into the flats?

Snakes do not flee in panic directly downslope. But night activity may disturb one resting in a crack, and it will shelter in a crevice and remain if it finds food.

My flat is on the third floor far from the mountain. Why would a snake ever reach it?

Shared drainage pipes run through every floor and beyond the third. A snake moves through the wet dark pipe and may emerge from any broken point, regardless of which floor it is.

The mountain looks very dry in summer. Do snakes disappear or descend to find water?

The mountain remains damp in the caves and wadis even in summer heat. But when small insects and prey animals become scarce, snakes come down in search of alternative food sources in the buildings below.

Pilgrims arrive year round. Does snake risk increase during Hajj and Umrah seasons?

Visitor traffic opens the shared doors more frequently and leaves more food scraps, which attracts rodents and insects. But the snake's presence depends on whether it can find food within your flat itself.

The foundations are old and the stones are all different sizes. Does this make it easy for snakes to enter?

Yes, considerably. Uneven stone courses leave natural gaps, and slender snakes slip through them. This makes sealing much harder than in modern construction.

Water pipes are decades old with leaks between the flats. Should those be repaired first?

Yes, if the pipes are broken and wet and easy to crawl through, repair or replacement cuts off the entry route. In the meantime we seal the other openings we find.

How much does snake control in Jabal Al Noor 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 Jabal Al Noor.