For your records: Bruce Williams and Hanan Caine told me not to worry about about Steve's shingles in relation to ferrets. Bruce wrote: >Sukie - Unless they are actually monkeys in disguise, Steve's shingles >should be of no consequence to them. actually, shingles is not really >contagious to other primates - it's the chicken pox that hops between >individuals. >Herpesviruses are generally very species or genus-specific, with the >exception of pseudorabies. [Posted in FML issue 3120]