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Never underestimate those raccoons. They have some sort of secret communication system, and once one finds out where the food is, they all know. Then they come out at night like ninjas, from places you never thought they could fit. Maybe a sewer drain, maybe in your attic or from underneath your neighbor's modular home. And you never know they were even there, as the koi start disappearing from your pond. You don't realize it's raccoons because you live right in the middle of downtown, or you have no trees around, or you think there's nothing on your property that they would want. Then one day your dog won't stop barking at 3am, and you realize that, this time, it ISN'T troublemakers trying to break into your yard. So you buy raccoon shot and sit and wait... but they're watching you, as well. When you finally give up and decide to get a good night's sleep, after a month's vigil, they come out again. Tag, you're it.
the coop is built with the threat from raccoons and other predators in mind. I will do the same for the run. Hopefully they won't come around and test it, but you never know. Aubrey has had very bad experiences with raccoons.