United Airlines made a tough call this month when they told a passenger traveling from Newark

to Los Angeles that she would have to leave her emotional support service animal behind.

The passenger had a ticket for Dexter the peacock, but United said no way.

Now, a 21-year-old college student in the news over an incident that occurred last November.

She was flying from Baltimore to her home in South Florida to take care of a medical issue.

She had with her pebbles, her dwarf hamster, which is part of the gerbil family,

it was going to provide emotional support for her.

Now, when spirit airlines refused passage for the rodent, the student says she tried

unsuccessfully to rent a car. After agonizing for several hours, the student claims that she

followed advice from spirit representatives and took pebbles to the women's restroom.

The student says she was scared and so was pebbles. Pebbles didn't always going to end up

with good reason. So pebbles was put in the toilet and the toilet was flushed. It's buy-by pebbles.

And after the deed was done, the student said she sat crying for 10 minutes in the stall and then

flew home. Now, spirit says they never told her to flush the animal down the toilet. They do admit

the student was originally told that her hamster would be allowed to travel. As for the peacock,

he should thank his lucky stars. He can't fit in the toilet. Now, folks, do with this what you will,

but all of it did happen really.