The last time I was at the vet, the staff were talking about a new alternative...something about under thier arms. Hopefully that'll happen soon, I can't imagine how they deal with the current method....yuck.

Sara, I think the ears are the warmest part on a cat, that is were a lot of veins are. I know when I pet Noah, his ears are always hot too. We also call Noel our "little heater" because when she sit on us, she really warms us up.