Personally....I would rather have the snakes. They don't do the kind of damage these bast*rds do.
My plant got attacked at about 10 P.M. last night. Rocky Coon came in, climbed up there and dug into the rocks in the pot. This is a big azz adult.
The plant was not torn out, so it appears to be undamaged. There were two other pots with just soil in them on the deck that he tore apart. I suppose if there's any positives to this....it was alone. Maybe Mr. Fox helped thin the herd for me.
I have a plan B.
Caught on surveillance video.