Dog Food Attract Mice?

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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Mice/rats will eat ANYTHING left out!! They also dine on bird seed....I stopped feeding my back yard birds in my bird feeders because I was sitting out on my patio one evening, watching rats run down the fence to come to my bird feeders! So now, I just throw a couple of handfuls for seed on the patio and the drive way so the birds can get it all eaten up by dark. Possums also eat dog food, cat food......dont know about bird seed but I have one that comes nightly and is digging up all my large pot plants, looking for grubs.....destroyed my gorgeous double camellia.

Skunks are also attracted to bird seed.