Background: When I was trying to care for Pookie's sister, at one point I used a homeopathic vet, and one of the things she told me was that certain foods are considered hot or cool. I think this comes from Chinese Herbal Medicine. Beef, chicken, and turkey were "hot," rabbit was not as hot and duck was cool. One of the things I noticed in caring for her was that her ears were hot.
One day I was thinking about all that and wondered if Pookie's ears were hot (they were). Since then I've noticed that if I feed him chicken or turkey, his ears are very warm/hot, but on days when he gets rabbit or duck, they're his body temperature. Well, yesterday I gave Pookie a Bravo! raw chicken patty (split into several meals for the day)--no canned, and I remembered reading somewhere on this site that cooking changes the meat and that's why some cats can handle the raw version but not the cooked. So just for fun I checked his ears. They were normal, just like when he eats the rabbit or duck!
So if you and your cats are willing, would you all do a little experiment for me and see if their ears get hot (or not) when they eat certain foods? I'm really curious to see if this holds true for other cats. Just touch them or pet the head and ears, no thermometers needed.
Thanks!