Ouch! Instead of tearing it out, is there an option to add welded wire on top of it as a backup? Raccoons are determined @#$%^&*'s.
Yes, this is exactly what I’m thinking. I’m hearing the 1/4” is hard to get in 19g, so would adding 1/2” over it be okay? Also, would I have to go all the way up, or could I stop at 4’ high? The coop is 8’.
My run is built with 19 gauge 1/2” wire. It hurts (literally; I’m still coveted with scars
) to think of applying that directly over the quarter-inch. Will probably go right over it. Do you think I have to go higher than four feet? Would raccoons climb up the cloth to where they could eat through the 23g?My run is built with 19 gauge 1/2” wire. It hurts (literally; I’m still coveted with scars
Two options that I am thinking of:
(1) Put a stronger although more open welded wire directly over the existing quarter inch; so two layers. (Somewhere on BYC there is guidance about which ideally would be on the outside and which on the inside.) Something like this; no spacing between the two types of wire: https://www.lowes.com/pd/GARDEN-CRA...Fencing-with-Mesh-Size-2-in-x-4-in/5013593849
(2) Or (ouch!), remove the quarter inch, saving it for something else (there’s always something else), and replacing from scratch with the 19-gauge half inch.
Could they? Yes. Would they? Depends on how hungry or determined they are. My local raccoons visit but have other places to go so they don't put a lot of effort into testing the fence it seems.
