I have the flu

[creggle]

It's either going to be a long one or a 48 hour bug judging from how fast the symptoms came on - sore throat and blocked nose.

I have an important question, can human viruses spread to Degu? They are always warm thanks to their heated snugglepad (it's so funny how they lie on it lol!) and I'm around them about 4 hours a day awake + 6 or so asleep.

[moletteuk]

As far as I know it's unlikely for a virus to spread between species, but if you went on to develop a bacterial element to it like a bad cough (bacteria can take advantage of the damage that viruses do which is how you can get a bacterial cough or sinus problem after the flu) then that could be more likely to jump species.

I think the best thing is to be careful with handwashing because that's fairly easy to do, and be very careful if you have any sort of prolonged cold symptoms that could be bacterial.