Repell-em Blog

My daughter drove all the way down here today to “borrow” four Repell-em trash bags from me.  (I think I know what I’m getting her for her birthday this summer!)

She’s going to be out of town, and wants to set her trash out the night before instead of the morning of.  She can’t do that with regular trash bags because of all the dogs, cats, raccoons, and possums in her apartment complex.

That’s right; you heard me.  In southern Indiana, there are raccoons and possums  even in the city.  They’re everywhere. There is no escape from them.  And if you don’t play your cards right, they will tear into your garbage and spread it everywhere, causing you great hardship and even harsh fines if you don’t get it cleaned up absolutely right away.

My daughter doesn’t want to save her garbage for a week, and I don’t blame her - I raised her to not like to dwell in the midst of garbage - hence her 30-mile drive to get the Repell-em bags.

Where she’s going, there is a big Cabela’s,  so she plans to buy herself a package of Repell-em bags there.  I always order mine off the website, but Cabela’s does carry them.

(They’re on sale, on the website, right now!)

If you live in southern Indiana, you’ve seen this sight before.

Possums are the only North American marsupial, and they grow to be pretty darn big and extremely strong. A full-grown possum can tear a trash bag to ribbons and scatter its contents over a acre or more in a matter of minutes. Few garbage cans, even with lids that seal tightly, are capable of keeping a determined possum out. Their sense of smell is STRONG, and their sense of entitlement - to your garbage - is stronger.

However, a full-grown possum is no match for a Repell-em trash bag. Most animals can’t see Repell-em bags very well, for starters, because of their color, and most animals won’t come NEAR a Repell-em bag because they are repelled by the smell.

By the way, Repell-em bags smell really good to humans. The all-natural ingredients, completely harmless to people, combine to make a product that doesn’t just smell okay, as in “not stinky;” Repell-em bags smell GOOD. Like a nice candle you’d buy.

Put your garbage out on the deck or out by the street the night before it’s due to be picked up, and chances are that dogs, raccoons, and possums will tear it to pieces within the hour - IF it’s in ordinary trash bags. Put your garbage out on the deck or out by the street the night before it’s due to be picked up, and chances are that dogs, raccoons, and possums won’t even know it’s there - IF it’s in Repell-em trash bags.

Out in the country, we have terrible possum problems. They’re bold, and big, and sometimes they snarl and bite if they’ve honed in on your garbage and intend to have it. Possums carry rabies, too. They’re nocturnal, so if you see one during the day, RUN.

Of course, if you use Repell-em bags, you won’t have that problem at all. The possums will all be at your neighbor’s house, tearing up the turf. YOUR garbage -even the fish heads and leftover sauerkraut and kielbasa - will be safe and unmolested inside your Repell-em trash bags.

You’ve got until February 15th to enter the Repell-em Contest.