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It's more than ok. I think we were all wondering without daring to ask.I hope it's OK to give an update on Honey here.
Or there could be a common cause for both conditions ? I think water belly is a symptom because organs are either under pressure, or not functioning right, it can come among other things from hypertension. I don't know about chickens, but in humans extreme arterial tension could cause blindness with other very different symptoms.Honey went blind a week ago as mentioned before. We have no idea why. It took two days to go from fine to no eye sight. I can only guess water belly pressing some nerve?? I cannot find anything connecting these two though. Going blind could be independent from water belly.
You are doing great. Yes, Honey is very lucky to have you, and she is amazing too for still showing a love of life.We thought she would pass soon, but after another couple days we found out that she is still as eager to eat as before she went blind. She is just not able to eat!
I've read for blind chicken, they can still peck at food if shown where it is. But Honey is not able to aim, so it seems. Again looking like some neurological issues.
We have been creative and try to hand feed her food that has a large surface area so she can still eat some when she does her random pecking. We have hold a whole corn, a whole zucchini, big slice of apples, etc.. She also has been good at eating pasta.
She is a complete house chicken now. She still has a will to live.
The only thing I can think off to help her is to try to establish some habits / routines both in time and space. There is a slight possibility that the fact she is unable to aim comes from not being used to her new situation, in which case knowing when and where things are located could help after a while.