Scabies are 8-legged critters that burrow into the upper layer of your skin and lay eggs. It’s very contagious. It spreads from one infected person to another through long, direct physical contact. Nursing homes, extended care facilities, prisons, and childcare centers are frequent sites for scabies outbreaks. Healthy adults most often get these mites through sexual contact with an infected person.
You can’t get scabies from pets.