Can Leaving Pet Food Outside Attract Skunks?

Leaving pet food outside can attract skunks and other wildlife to your property. Skunks are omnivores drawn to easy food sources, including pet food. We recommend feeding pets indoors or promptly removing food dishes after outdoor feeding to prevent attracting skunks. Ideally, you will want to remove any food sources available to skunks in your yard. Since skunks eat many mice and grubs, another control method is to perform exterior rodent control and grub control in lawns.