A 2022 study in Scientific Reports found 58.3 percent of Lebanese house mice carrying Vkorc1 resistance-linked mutations, the gene anticoagulant rodenticides act on. They feed, walk away and keep breeding, which is why shop-bought rat poison stops working here.
Which rodent you have decides where the work goes
The house mouse works the kitchen and the appliance voids, the brown rat the drains and basements, and the black rat the false ceilings and cable runs. Bait on the floor does nothing for a rat living overhead.
What pushes rodents indoors here
Rubbish collection, and what happens when it stops
When collection is suspended in Beirut, Metn or Keserwan and bags sit out for days, the population outside rises, then moves indoors once the bags go. The Jdeideh landfill is at capacity, its last cell reaching only the end of 2026, when the Ramco and CityBlu contracts also expire.
The building next door
Roughly 40,000 buildings were damaged in the port explosion, and cracked structures and long-empty flats around Mar Mikhael, Gemmayzeh and Karantina make good harbourage.
How pest control is licensed in Lebanon
Household pest control is licensed by the Ministry of Public Health, through the Directorate of Health Prevention and its Sanitary Engineering Service, under Decree 5100 of 12 April 1982. Agricultural pesticide work is a separate Ministry of Agriculture licence, and the two are not interchangeable. Lebanon keeps no public register, so the customer can only ask to see the certificate and which ministry issued it.
The Ministry of Public Health has banned aluminium and zinc phosphide for pest control in residential and populated areas nationwide.
How we work a rodent problem
Bait is one tool among several, and where anticoagulants have already failed it is often the least useful.
1. Inspection
We start at the scale of the building, the stairwell, the rubbish room and the risers, and trace the runs back to the entry point. Clear access to the kitchen units and behind the fridge, and leave the droppings, since their size and position are half the diagnosis.
2. Treatment and proofing
Devices go where the animals travel, and because a house mouse passes a gap the width of a pencil, sealing means wire wool and mortar around pipework and mesh over vents.
3. Follow-up
A follow-up visit confirms activity has stopped and finishes the sealing. Until then, leave the devices alone and do not top up with shop-bought bait. Restaurants, shops and warehouses run on a repeating cycle.
Where we work, and how to book
We cover Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Metn, Baabda and Keserwan, from Achrafieh and Badaro to Jdeideh, Antelias and Jounieh. Call +961 3 265900 or book an inspection.
