I have four DPs with caps spread out across the wooded section of a customer's backyard. They are baited with dry cat food with a little bacon grease for attractant. The first check I caught one raccoon and the other traps were untouched. On todays check, three of four caps were removed, some bait gone, but not catches. What animal besides a raccoon could/would do this? I was thinking skunk or possum but did not think they had the dexterity to do this.

Thanks to the knowledge base.

Pack rats?

I doubt pack rats. I went to caps this year because I’m over run with them and fought them constantly last year. Either cleaning my DPs out or getting head caught. Despite a lot of pack rat tracks I never had one get the cap off. They licked the trailing scent off but didn’t get the caps off.

Sounds like squirrels to me.