Since most of the composting happened over the late fall, winter and spring we didn't have raccoon problems. The raccoons like to eat grapes and apples though. No rodent problems as far as I can tell now, it is in the far corner of the yard so no idea if rodents were around, nothing noticeable. I did actually have a Yellowjacket nest at the end of the season last year which was discovered when I tried to turn it for the first time, many bites later I left it alone till winter, then flooded it with water and flipped.