Can raccoons open these?

[Kaesi2020]

Hello, we have three different entrances to our coop. We use these caribiners on them all. One door has six hinges alone with caribiners on each hinge. The others have multiple as well. Has anyone had experience with raccoons figuring these out? I also included a picture of what I am talking about on our coop, it just shows one but picture that in multiples on each entrance. Thanks

 

[Cebarmlds]

I doubt it, my caribiner hasn't been opened by anything.

 

[sealer39]

Those will work fine to secure your latches.

 

[Callender Girl]

I always put caribiners through the openings on my sliding bolt latches as a back-up safety measure. No one has ever opened any of the caribiners.

 

[RRRescue]

Chanced are slim...regular snap clips are a piece of cake for a raccoon...they are very dexterious with their hands, and have incredible intelligence & memory skills.... I personally use small matching padlocks keyed alike...set of 3 @ harbor freight $5.....(if you leave the key in, they will open the lock) Been around raccoons over 30 years in a NWF habitat with chickens...now in bulletproof pens......

 

[Kaesi2020]

Chanced are slim...regular snap clips are a piece of cake for a raccoon...they are very dexterious with their hands, and have incredible intelligence & memory skills.... I personally use small matching padlocks keyed alike...set of 3 @ harbor freight $5.....(if you leave the key in, they will open the lock) Been around raccoons over 30 years in a NWF habitat with chickens...now in bulletproof pens......

Thanks for sharing? Do you have a picture of your locks or coop?

 

[neo71665]

I use carbiners on my coon's cages with no problems. They have never opened the first one

 

[RRRescue]

I use carbiners on my coon's cages with no problems. They have never opened the first one

You have coons in cages?? I'm very familiar with them in both rescue & pets from years back... They will play with any locking mechanism forever just from curiosity, especially if its shiney.... Had quite a few snap clips opened in my younger years......breaking out, not in

 

[RRRescue]

Thanks for sharing? Do you have a picture of your locks or coop?

Unfortunatly, I cannot post pics due to low internal memory on my phone...No computer here, low memory on my analog system also

 

[Kaesi2020]

Unfortunatly, I cannot post pics due to low internal memory on my phone...No computer here, low memory on my analog system also

Thanks for your input though! I feel more at ease now with the caribiners!