The hamster thing makes me so sad
there is no excuse with the internet and other resources to be keeping an innocent animal in an unsuitable environment. And why on Earth is she keeping a prey animal within reach of a predator?? Keeping hamsters in those crappy little cages when we were kids and your only source of info was some person working a Saturday job in pets at home was fine, but times have changed and information is FREE and abundant!
But Emma, if you’re reading this, please upgrade your hamster cage. If you want to save money you can even use a big, deep plastic tub which costs next to nothing. Hamsters love to burrow, so give them lots of bedding to build their nest. They don’t need rubbish plastic tunnels, they’ll feel much more safe and enriched building tunnels in their bedding. If you want to give them enrichment, give them things to chew or scatter feed them. And for the love of God, get that hamster somewhere very high where the cats can’t reach, and then lock the door so they can’t get in!! Cats are determined, and they’re going to torment that poor creature to death