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.
Nasty-looking scabs might also form over the areas you've scratched, and a bacterial infection may develop. If this is your first bout of scabies, four to six weeks may pass from the time the bugs latch onto you until the time you begin to itch. If you've had scabies before, the wait will last only one to three days.