Can my goose get my cold?

[hchap311]

I feel like I've asked this before but I have a cold, and I am worries that if my goose is around me he'll catch it. Is that possible? I haven't been giving him kisses, but he is around me when I cough and I am picking him up. Should I remove him from me until I am better?

 

[Duck Lover88]

No I don't think that he will catch your cold... humans and animals only share a few diseases and I doubt your cold is contagious to your baby...

 

[PirateGirl]

generally if illness can cross between species it is limited in that it can go from one mammal to another mammal or from bird to bird, something going from mammal (human) to bird is not entirely likely unless it is a parasite or something environmental that is the cause (like a fungus)