Sorry I didn't read all the replies first so this may have already been and asked and answered - but are you sure it's a skunk? We fed our outdoor cats in the barn but it never failed, somebody/something was taking the lid off the food container and spilling it out on the floor. Wasteful! We even put several logs on the container and whatever it was, got into the container. Hubby put his game cam in the barn focused on the food. Found out it was a big raccoon doing the job. We now feed the cats on the back porch, container in the garage.