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TeddyBearChin

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Hello again everyone! I just had a few questions about 2 of my chins. First is the one I posted about awhile back about not wanting to bathe. It was recommended that I use an open bowl for him because maybe he didn't like the enclosed bath house. Well he doesn't like the bowl either! He'll sit in it, fuss around in it...and that's it. He watches the other boys roll around like crazy but won't even attempt it. I have no idea what to do. All I can do is take some of the dust and sprinkle it on him but I know that won't do enough. And he won't even sit still long enough to really get him. How unhealthy is it for him if he doesn't bathe and does anyone have any other recommendations?

And my other question is, I'm sitting here watching tv and I can hear one of my boys' teeth grinding. It doesn't happen all the time, but there's been a few times where I can actually hear his teeth making noise while he chews. Is there something wrong with that? He's the only one who I can hear and I'm worrying if it's the beginning stages of malocussion or something else.

I'm freaking out because I can't bear to lose another one of my babies. I had to bury one of my boys on the 17th, so I'm overly paranoid about all of them now. =( Any help would be great!
 
I have had many many malo and dental chins and just about all of them never ground the teeth, and if they did it was after a painful handfeeding session before a filing. I have heard grinding from chins with pain from bloat/stasis. Chins grind teeth because they can, they can be when content, bored, eating something tasty or pain, its not a great indicator of anything!
 
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