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

Snake control in Jarwal Makkah

Jarwal is a dense quarter north west of the Grand Mosque where old Makkan family houses have mostly become budget hotels and seasonal lodgings for pilgrims and visitors. Al Taysir Street and Umm Al Qura Road connect it to the central mosque area, and the apartment blocks with repeated floors and shared entrances offer many gaps. Bir Tuwa well and Jabal Qaiqaan provide natural humidity and shelter for snakes seeking refuge.

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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 Jarwal

Dense seasonal housing leaves substantial food waste behind, and rodents breed prolifically beneath damp floors where pipes are broken. The method is set out in full on our Snake control service.

The first reason

Hotels and seasonal housing provide rodent food year round

Hotels and seasonal pilgrim lodgings produce abundant rodent food from restaurants and stores. Seasonality means gaps exist between visits, and snakes occupy them before pilgrims arrive again.

The second reason

Shared pipes and shared entrances provide multiple passage routes

Blocks with shared entrances and shared drainage and ventilation pipes offer multiple routes between units. A snake entering one unit climbs shared pipes to other flats with ease.

The third reason

The well and mountain provide natural shelter and water

The historic Bir Tuwa and Jabal Qaiqaan offer natural shelter, water and permanent humidity. Snakes inhabit the mountain and well and descend seeking food in the neighbourhood.

The character of Jarwal

Apartment district: residential blocks, repeated floors and shared entrances

Blocks with shared entrances and repeated floors offer multiple routes. A snake may enter the main lobby and climb shared pipes to reach your flat from beneath the building.

Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

Dense old apartment blocks and seasonal pilgrim hotels, shared entrances and shared drainage pipes, Bir Tuwa and Jabal Qaiqaan nearby, narrow streets between tightly packed buildings.

A shed skin

Shed skins appear around broken drainage and water pipes because moisture provides ideal moulting conditions.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Crawl tracks show on damp floors and walls, leading from Jabal Qaiqaan and Bir Tuwa toward the blocks.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Piles of hotel waste provide shelter for massive rodent populations and dozens of snakes around restaurants and stores.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

Gaps under heavy doors and cracks in shared entrances are very wide, offering easy passage.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows are deep beneath damp floors and hotel areas, with very large rat populations.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Seeping drainage water and pipe moisture create ideal habitat for insects and 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 Ghazza Sub-Municipality

Al Ghazza sub municipality wraps around the north and west of the Grand Mosque, from Al Shamiyah, Al Qararah and Shaib Amir round to Jarwal and Al Taysir. Large tracts were cleared for the northern expansion and the Rua Al Haram scheme, leaving excavated ground and open construction sites beside ageing blocks that now serve as dense seasonal lodgings in Jarwal and Al Taysir. Old flood paths still fall from Jabal Qaiqaan and Jabal Khandamah towards the mosque, and markets and eateries crowd Al Masjid Al Haram Road and Umm Al Qura Road.

Questions about this district

The budget hotel next door is crowded with pilgrims now. Does snake risk increase seasonally?

Yes substantially. Crowded hotels provide food, water and shelter for rats. Snakes arrive in numbers during Hajj and Umrah seasons.

The shared entrance stands open all day to dozens of visitors. Do snakes enter easily?

Open shared entrances offer very easy passage. Gaps under doors and cracks around pipes provide entry even when gates appear closed.

Historic Bir Tuwa stands beside the building. Is it a direct snake source?

The well provides permanent water, humidity and shelter for snakes and rodents. Close proximity means snakes from the well descend to the neighbourhood easily.

Jabal Qaiqaan is high and holds caves. Do snakes descend from it?

The mountain provides natural shelter for snakes. They hunt around the mountain and descend seeking prey.

The shared pipes between flats are broken and damp. Are they snake routes?

Broken damp pipes offer direct passage. Snakes travel through them and climb into flats from any opening.

My flat is on the third floor. Is it distant from snake danger?

Upper floors are less at risk but snakes climb shared pipes easily, and hotel foot traffic means high snake movement.

How much does snake control in Jarwal 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 Jarwal.