Raccoons can't jump

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Not gracefully like a cat would do!
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They will find a way if they are that determined!
 
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hehehehe or vinyl posts or one of those Vaseline slathered poles. Even the squirrels had a hard time getting into the bird feeder with Vaseline on the post!
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One squirrel was so determined that he was trying to go at every avenue he can find and above just to get a few sunflower seeds. After two hours trying to get at it, he gave up LOL!
 
It is true that raccoons cannot jump.

However they can climb like you wouldn't believe. If there is ANYthing they can POSSIBLY snag a claw into to get a foothold, they will, and go up and over.

Also, while *raccoons* can't jump, dogs and coyotes and foxes most certainly can, so just making the bottom 3' of a run climbproof is pretty pointless.

It should be possible to make a pretty predatorproof run fence by applying a seamless piece of 2' wide flashing along the top of a 5' fence (so the fence is just mesh up to 3' and then from 3' to 5' has the flashing applied on the outside)... zoos do this sort of thing, although using very expensive clear plastics rather than flashing. HOWEVER it is going to catch one heck of a lot of wind and require a whole new level of strength-in-run-fence, and also be ugly as sin. While not protecting against owls or hawks. So I question the pointfulness. But it could be done in principle, and as long as there is nothing *else* a coon can use to climb up and over (e.g. the coop itself, or trees) it would likely work pretty well.

Pat
 
Raccoons will study. They've been known to open doors and locks with their little monkey hands. If it is possible, a raccoon will figure it out.

And perhaps it is true that raccoons can't jump...but they can bounce! Make sure there aren't any trampolines nearby...
 

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