Very hungry critters!

[Ernie]

I have red squirrel damage that looks like that. They chewed through a rubbermaid container that had dog food in it and through a plastic trash can that was full of sunflower seeds. Did not take them long.

[Ojaileveraction]

The long chisel like marks. Rodent incisor marks.

[markiver54]

Must be coons then. Don't see how squirrels could hang on to that slick plastic.
Then again, there are some variables. Dont know how far it is from the ground...etc.

[Ojaileveraction]

Raccoons are Mustelidae,(skunks, badgers, weasels} not rodents. Rodents all have the long forever growing incisors that compel them to gnaw.

Must be coons then. Don't see how squirrels could hang on to that slick plastic.
Then again, there are some variables. Dont know how far it is from the ground...etc.

[Mags]

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Had that happen to us too. One of these took care of that problem. Now they just pee all over the top.
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools ... _200680492

... chewed through a rubbermaid container that had dog food in it and through a plastic trash can that was full of sunflower seeds. Did not take them long.

[Ernie]

They can do a great deal of damage in a short time. I had some get into the attic of the rental I lived in before I moved here and they chewed a 10 inch hole through the drywall ceiling into the living room. They cats kept them at bay until I nailed some plywood over the hole. Bought this house shortly thereafter. My new neighbor, after seeing one carrying a baby bird away, started to shoot all of the red squirrels he saw, 48 the first year. He has since passed and I have taken a few when they seem to be too numerous just to keep the population down.