Just because you think that it is 'just a bird' does not mean that I don't love, and cherish her as a pet. You cherish your cats, and if one of them, heaven forbid, were sick you would take it to the vet. In this case, it was my bird. My always happy, please don't stop petting my head, let me give you a kazillion kissy faces, bird. She was not herself. And, I will be danged if I didn't try to make it better. So don't tell me that my birds life is less than your cats life and chide me for taking her to the vet. She's got her medicine, had her x-ray, and will get blood drawn in 2 days if she is not back to normal. So eff off.
And another unrelated note. I understand that they were 'rude' to you. Just.because YOU do, or think, or act one way does not mean that you are right or should have the right to be a jerk face to me about them. I care a lot about them. You wanna talk about them? Fine. Don't say it.to me. I can't wait til this is over.