I'm the oldest, began Meg, but Jo cut in with a decided, I'm the man of the family now Papa is away, and I shall provide the slippers, for he told me to take special care of Mother while he was gone.
How long is scabies contagious for?   Scabies are usually contagious about 40 days before you know you have them. They die within about 10 hours of being treated and are then no longer contagious. They don'tâ¦ like to live on fabric and if they can't find a human they will die off on clothes in about 4 days.
Scabies is contagious. Scabies mites need about 20 minutes of skin-to-skin contact (including sexual contact) to transfer from one person to another. In general, mites do not survive away from human skin. However, in unusual circumstances mites can survive for 24â36 hours away from the human body.