Water Weasel, Wiggler, Snake or whatever you know it as!!

[duckluck]

Dollar Tree has them here in the Chicago area...in the cheapy toys section.

My mom works for WalMart and no one where she works knew what they were.

 

[LAFreewayChickens]

If anyone has found the "water wigglers" (AKA water snakes, etc.) recently at Dollar Tree or Wal-Mart or any other chain, can you post the SKU or UPC code and/or the name it was sold under?

I just called a local Dollar Tree and was told by the baffled woman on the phone they aren't selling water toys this time of year. I didn't feel like trying to explain any further, but I also don't want to drive around looking for these. I'd rather be able to confirm they are available before I go anywhere.

 

[DaikaijuTorira]

Saw the title and couldn't help clicking on it, curiosity. Interesting idea, never heard of it before today, but I wondered, if you were having trouble finding one, couldn't you just put some water in a zip bag, roll it up, and stick the thermometer in the middle? Sure enough, there's a thread for that...

LAFreewayChickens, can't help you with the code, haven't seen one recently, but maybe this will help?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/164639/how-to-make-a-water-wiggler-pics

 

[LAFreewayChickens]

Saw the title and couldn't help clicking on it, curiosity. Interesting idea, never heard of it before today, but I wondered, if you were having trouble finding one, couldn't you just put some water in a zip bag, roll it up, and stick the thermometer in the middle? Sure enough, there's a thread for that...

LAFreewayChickens, can't help you with the code, haven't seen one recently, but maybe this will help?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/164639/how-to-make-a-water-wiggler-pics

I've tried the Ziploc bag approach when I was adjusting the temp before my first batch of eggs arrived. I had some problems with it leaking, and therefore didn't use it when the eggs were in the 'bator.

I've been thinking I could make a piece of pvc pipe with caps and a hole through one cap, put the probe through the hole, fill it with water and seal the hole around the probe with some silicone glue/caulk. I'd probably want to use a threaded cap for at least one end to change the water and keep it from getting funky.