I do think she's a lethal -- that one eye is a strong indicator, and the blindness and deafness pretty well guarantee it. The lethal gene can be expressed very strongly (those pigs don't usually live long after birth), or not so much, as in pigs that have teeth, and occasionally you'll hear of one with a bit of hearing or eyesight. And of course, there's a whole range in between. How old is she?
She doesn't sound/seem ill at all to me -- lethals have the same indications of illness as normal pigs, such as refusal to eat, sitting puffed up in pain, abnormal poops, runny nose, sneezing, etc.
BUT, you need to watch her carefully to make sure she can eat. Can she pick up hay with her front teeth? Chew it normally? If not, you may need to poke it in her mouth, toward her back teeth, to see if she can chew once it gets to her molars. If she can chew, you can cut food in matchstick-sized slices and feed them to her. If she can't do even that, you'll need to handfeed her.
You'll also have to make sure that she's getting enough to drink. You may have to syringe water to her until she figures out the water bottle. And of course, I'm sure you know to keep everything in the cage in the same place so she can learn where it is.
Last, for a very inspiring story of a much-loved lethal, see
www.fairymagic.me.
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