| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
|
paul_brown_arabs
Silver Member
252 Posts |
 Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 2:53:13 PM
|
has anyone any experience using these?
weve always just used a remote camera (and alarm clock!) but am considering a foaling alarm
however they seem extrodinarily expensive at circa £450-600 !
anyone know if you can get cheaper?
|
Paul |
|
Report to moderator
|
|
|
Adara_Arabians
Gold Member
England
736 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 2:59:13 PM
|
I have never seen or used one but a friend once told me they were a bit of a pain becasue if they come out you have to rescue them and plug them into something within a certain amount of time or they die and are not resusable.
I belive they are stitched into the mare? But i could be very wrong. |
Report to Moderator  |
|
|
SueB
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
3218 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 3:33:55 PM
|
I would love a foaling alarm too.
We use the camera with the sound turned up during the night. As I am unable to sleep, I make the perfect sitting up person! my record is four nights on the trot with absolutely no sleep night or day
then I still have to take a sleeping tablet to get me sleep again.
I only stay awake once my mare has waxed up though. Good thing they all do, as I know some don't.
Wish I lived nearer to you Paul I might offer!! |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
Jingo
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
3632 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 3:38:01 PM
|
Paul, my daughter who's at college doing a Stud Diploma, uses one for their broodmares. The alarm goes off once the mare's temperature rises I believe.
I'm like you Sue remote cameras with sound turned up!!! |
Jude
www.auchmillanarabians.org.uk
      
photos:Anthony Reynolds,Sweet,Deano,Real Time Imaging |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
nikki
Platinum Member
Wales
4384 Posts |
|
|
paul_brown_arabs
Silver Member
252 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 3:46:42 PM
|
| not sure if this mare will wax, up i'm sure she will but she's a maiden first time mum to be, so never quite sure - have a few more weeks yet before i need to get serious with the staying up. |
Paul |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
anne
Gold Member
England
877 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 4:03:54 PM
|
My friend has one you attach it with a harness and she did find it effective although it was the first time she had used it and still did the sitting up all night bit just incase it didn't work or she slept through it
|
    
..................................................................... Photo by David Evans |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
bam-bam
Bronze Member
England
83 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 4:22:10 PM
|
Hi Paul,
I hired one from www.wyke-equine.co.uk for about £20 a week.
The one I had let you know it the transmitter battery was low and you could adjust the sensitivity of the sweat detector. I also went for an option that plugged the reciever into a telephone socket so that it could call up to 4 telephone numbers.
Can't tell you whether it would have been successful or not as my mare decided to foal at 5pm and we were only putting it on at night!
|
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
Kalila
Bronze Member
England
181 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 5:09:21 PM
|
Hi Paul
I hired one last year, around £20. a week.
I only put it on at night when she was in her stable.
She also was a maiden mare, she foaled 3 weeks early, but I did notice that she had waxed up that morning.
The alarm went off in the early hours, we went straight out and the foal had just been born.
I dont know if she didn't sweet up much, or we had'nt got the sensor
on sensitive enough.
But it did go off! 
I would recomend renting one.  |
    
  |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
Nuttybabez
Gold Member
England
522 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 7:40:12 PM
|
Hi,
I have heard things about the Wyke ones so I wouldn't recommend them personally.
I hired one last year and I have done the same for this year - its £20 per week.
I put it on at night when my mare was in her stable. It goes round her neck and girth area with a surcingale. It gave me peace of mind and I only had 1 false alarm when it was a very warm night.
My mare was also was a maiden mare and as it turned out, I could see when I fetched her in that she was ready to foal and she foaled that night but I am hiring one again this year as I feel it is worthwhile.
I hire mine from - http://www.foaling-alarms.co.uk/ - they are very helpful and I can recommend them. |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
Poppy
Gold Member
England
549 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 7:41:22 PM
|
Paul please email me. We have used the foal alarms for 5 yrs - absolutely invaluable. They have saved the lives of 2 mares and 3 foals. There are different settings for different alarms that are for sweat or motion. We have the ones that do both but we set them for motion only. 100% accurate every time and we have been present at every birth. The alarm triggers our mobiles and house phone.
rosebankstud@btinternet.com
Janet |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
Heather Brown
Gold Member
United Kingdom
682 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 9:06:22 PM
|
We bought an alarm, Equipager, from the US that sets off a pager when your mare is lying flat out, it sits under the jowl connected to each side of head collar. It has even telephoned us when standing in the queue at Waitrose, I got back just in time The best of modern gadgets! It can set false alarms off so would only use with cctv so you can reset when they are clearly just snoozing.
It costs about £300 for 1 alarm and pager, £50 for each extra alarm and £50 for the telephone dialer.
There is some duty etc when it comes in. There is a cheaper system in Australia 'Magic Alarms' but it didn't have the telephone dialer when I looked.
We do have one sweat alarm as well for when I feel they may be unpredictable, I feel quite bad putting them on because they are already so stretched  bless them, but to be honest these only go off once the foal is half way out!
Hope this helps, email me if you need more info |
    
|
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
Nedds71
Gold Member
Wales
679 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 10:16:57 PM
|
We have one on trial from Gallagher. It is on a roller and works on motion when the mare lies flat (only 10% of mares lie flat to sleep in the last stages of preganacy - there's a different seting for this)
The sensor sets of an alarm. I have had a few false alams but can sleep in the knowledge that it will wake me we the foal is on its way! |
BJ
www.bmjarabians.co.uk
 |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
paul_brown_arabs
Silver Member
252 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2007 : 11:33:26 AM
|
great - thanks for all the replys
hiring looks the best option - as long as she's not too far overdue i guess.
poppy any further details would be great,
heather i found the one you have looks good value with the dollar so weak, do you need a landline at the stables for the phone dialer to work? I only have a cordless phone from the house or my mobile at the stables.
thanks to all again |
Paul |
| Report to Moderator |
|
|
Heather Brown
Gold Member
United Kingdom
682 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2007 : 11:59:41 AM
|
Hi Paul
You would need a landline for the telephone dialer but there is fairly good range on the pager, Magic in australia may have a lager range.
Good luck
Heather |
|
| Report to Moderator |
|
| |
Topic |
|
Topic Locked 