"I'm pretty sure she does just it because she's a troublemaker." Howard gives her another scratch behind the ears. Like owner, like pet, he guesses. "Maybe if you played with her while I was gone she wouldn't be tempted to do it? I mean, in ways that don't end with her eating your hand. I made her some cat toy things, I can show you."

Although he does wonder what Zou will think that some of the toys are made with Alan's molted feathers.