. “I often have red spots on my body that are very itchy. At the district hospital they said it was some kind of pseudo-scabies. Tell me, is she not contagious? Nadezhda, Tambov region – Pseudoscabies, or tick-borne dermatitis, is caused by mites that parasitize animals and birds (dogs, horses, pigs, rabbits). Unlike scabies, these mites, without burrowing into the skin, only bite, which causes severe itching. Large bright red rashes form at the site of the bites.