ive been plagued by losing dog and cat food this summer like no other year. for years now ive stored pet food in big plastic totes with no problem. but earlier this year some critter figured out how to open the lid snaps and busted up the cover and dont you know right after they got into the bin holding 50 lbs of dog food it rained. a nasty mess that was quickly over run with maggots. had to bag up the mess and take it to the dump. so I got some of those screw on lids for 5 gallon buckets. 3 buckets will hold the largest size bags of dog food. no critters have figured out how to unscrew those things. but they leak like a sieve if left in the rain. I just opened one up that got rained on and its a nasty moldy mess of dog food sludge. then to top it all off the locking tote that holds the cats food disappeared. something dragged the whole tote off the back porch and its gone. ive been mowing the past couple days out in the front and back pastures and still cant find it.
I started thinking. what can drag off a 25lb tote? a black bear? feral dog? Ive searched area and still cant find it. after the leaves fall maybe I can find it.
I'm going to have to build a secure covered structure to house the pet food. just another costly adventure living out in the wilderness I guess