What draws a snake in?
A snake doesn’t wander into a house by chance. It comes close when it finds food or a place to hide. The food is usually rodents: a storeroom with feed or grain, an open rubbish bin, or an empty plot next to the house full of burrows. If rodents are around, any snake treatment that ignores them is incomplete.
Shelter means anywhere dark and quiet, and in the heat a snake looks for somewhere cooler. A woodpile in a corner of the garden, bricks and rubble left over from finishing works, tall plants against the wall, the water pump room, or a storeroom that’s only opened every few months.
Water matters too. A dripping garden tap, a planter that’s always wet or a leak by the pump room brings frogs and insects, which are another food source besides rodents. Fixing those leaks is part of securing the property.
Where we see the problem most
Villas and compounds on the edges of 6th of October, Sheikh Zayed and New Cairo, houses along the desert roads, and farms, rest houses and agricultural land in the governorates. Homes in these places sit next to open land. A new compound often still has empty plots and building rubble around the units already handed over, which suits rodents very well, and the snakes that follow them.
We have a branch in 6th of October, so these areas are close to us, and anywhere in Egypt we can come the same day. If your home is new and the units around you are still empty, an inspection before you move in is easier than one afterwards.
How we secure the property
We start by walking the whole perimeter, not only the house. Are there cracks at the base of the wall? Is there a gap under the garden doors? Where do the drain and air-conditioning pipes enter the house? Then we check the storeroom, the pump room and the garage.
After the inspection we go through the gaps that need sealing with you, look for signs of rodents and treat them with tamper-safe bait placed away from children and pets. We also tell you what needs clearing out of the garden.
Finally, we treat the perimeter and entrances with a Ministry of Health approved repellent. To be honest with you, repellent helps, but it isn’t magic. What really makes the difference is sealing the gaps and removing food and shelter.
German Egypt Control is licensed by the Ministry of Health and Population, licence no. 32, and you’re entitled to ask for that number before anyone works in your home.
If you live in a compound or on a farm
In a compound, your own house may be well sealed while the problem comes from the plot next door or the shared garden. It helps a lot if management or the neighbours work with you, because sealing one villa while the one beside it is full of rubble and rodents keeps the problem right outside your wall. If management wants, we can inspect the whole shared perimeter.
On farms and rest houses, the first things we look at are storerooms, poultry sheds and feed areas, since that’s where rodents gather most. We’ll show you how to organise the storeroom: feed in closed drums, a clean floor, and goods raised off the ground and away from the walls. Then we treat the perimeter and agree a follow-up date with you.
Your safety comes first
Egypt has both venomous and non-venomous snakes, and telling them apart by eye is hard. Treat every snake as dangerous. Don’t try to catch it, hit it or get close to photograph it, and keep children well away from it.
If the snake is inside the house, get everyone out of the room and close the door if you can do so without going near it. If the situation isn’t safe, call civil protection. If someone is bitten, go to the nearest hospital immediately. When it’s over, call us so we can inspect and close the way it came in.
After the treatment: what to do
- Clear piles of wood, bricks and building rubble from the garden, and cut back tall plants growing against the wall and house.
- Don't leave pet food, animal feed or grain uncovered in the storeroom or garden. It brings rodents, and rodents bring snakes.
- Keep garden doors shut at night, and fit a rubber seal or brush strip to close the gap under each door.
- Teach children never to go near or touch a snake, even one that looks dead, and to call an adult straight away.
The price is set after the inspection
The cost of snake control depends on the size of the land and garden, the length of the boundary wall, the number of storerooms and outbuildings, whether rodents need treating, and how many gaps need sealing. We confirm the exact price before we start, and the inspection comes with no obligation.
After treatment you receive a guarantee certificate stating the period and the service, and if the problem returns within that period we come back at no extra cost.
