Can a Grey transmit MRSA

[hammco]

My 1 year daughter has a bad boil on her bottom that the doctor had to lance and drain and it was MRSA. Could she have gotten that infection from Timmy (cage/poop/food, etc), my wife wants to know and is worried!

[Dave007]

MRSA is a staph infection. It's internal and the visual signs of it are when it rises from the internal to the external.

Staph is a common cause of skin infections in the U.S. Usually, these are minor and don't need special treatment. Rarely, staph can cause serious problems like infected wounds or pneumonia. Those are special cases though.

Parrots don't get staph infections. It never came from your bird.

You can compare that large boil to a very large pimple. Both come from the inside of the person. Sometimes pimples have to be lanced too.

Sometimes, staph spreads from patient to patient in hospitals. Very common.

Edited December 18, 2010 by Dave007

[hammco]

cool, I can keep Timmy now, haha...I just read it aloud to the wife!