What does it mean when a guinea pig scratches its nose?

Answer 1

Even though I don't have any experience with guinea pigs, if I use a dog as a reference, I'd bet it much for the same reasons as your guinea pig.

Dogs have wet noses because that's part of their respiratory system, in that the wet nose provides your pet a way to cool themselves internally. Most dogs have cold, wet noses and that's normal. If a dog's nose is dry and warm, most likely it's running a bit of a fever.

I don't know if a guinea's nose is also supposed to be cold, but I'd take a wet nose as a good sign until I found out more. You could call a vet and ask what a guinea's nose should feel like. Cold? Wet? Warm or dry? Most vet's have guineas as part of their regular patient list and they'd probably have a much better answer than I can give you. (Besides, I don't think they'll charge anything to answer that question for you. At least I don't think they should.)

Here is an answer from another contributor: A wet nose is normal, just be sure she doesn't have dried mucus around her nose.

Answer 2

its itching its fine nothing is wrong.