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KKNN was over at Bali for a holiday with her girlfriends for the last 4 days and I was tasked to babysit Bluey.

Taking care of a girlfriend’s precious bird is not a task to be trifled with considering how much she loves that little feathered creature. My mind was constantly running scenarios of 101 things that could happen to Bluey in my care.

She could fly away and never to found again. She could be homesick and starve herself to death. She could have been frightened by my dog, Junior, and died from fright. My dog, Junior, could have died from fright seeing Bluey and cause my Mum to go berserk and cook Bluey for dinner.

In the end, Bluey caused more harm to me than I have caused her. I had her cage in my room so as to not disturb my other family members but ended up disrupting my sleep instead. I am a snoozer in the mornings and usually I get satisfaction from muting my phone alarm and going back to sleep. For the last 4 days, whenever Bluey sees that I am slightly awake, she would unabashedly use every noisy toy in her cage to generate as much commotion as possible while chirping shrilly in an attempt to get attention. I try to ignore her and get back to dreaming but the harder I try to mentally drown out her antics or shush her, she would generate even louder noises. It’s amazing how much noise a bird of this size can make.

Poor Bluey however, has an injured toe since January and despite visiting the vet twice, she hasn’t recovered yet. And because she has stopped her anti-inflammation syrup for the last 4 days, her toe has started to swell and it is probably quite painful for her as I see her losing balance and hopping around gingerly more frequently.

It’s very heartbreaking to see the little bird like that. We are going to seek a 2nd opinion for her poor toe tomorrow.

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