Can pets carry head lice and spread them to my family members?
No! Pets can’t catch head lice and pass them on to people or the other way around. Lice are species-specific, which means there is a different species of lice for each animal species that they depend on. Children who come home with lice cannot transfer the infestation to their pet cats, dogs, birds or hamsters. Likewise, the lice that live on pets cannot live in human hair.
