[9YearLurker]

If that hamster was at all important to her, she should have stayed behind, rented a car, and got it home that way—if she couldn’t work it out with another airline.

[MD Expat in PA]

According to the article, "Aldecosea says she accepted a later flight on Spirit to figure out what to do with her hamster, and claims she contacted six rental car agencies to try and hire a car, but says that every single company was out of cars."

Sure...every single car rental agency at the airport was out of cars. Of course she could have hired an Uber and gone to a car rental place outside of the airport.