Took my cat in late Friday night because he was having problems moving (almost as if he was slowly becoming paralyzed). He was drinking and urinating but had quit eating and pooping for about 24-36 hours. I explained that he was a stray that I got 3 weeks prior. Wasn't sure if he'd had his FIV/Leukemia checks, so he got those ($300 so far). FIV/Leukemia were not the issue, so they offered the shotgun approach to healing - fluid$, painkiller$, anti-inflammatory -$, and an X-ray$$$$$. After thinking about this a little while and the vets advice (she is a good saleswoman if nothing else) I opted for fluids and painkillers. I said to the assistant, "why wasn't an enema being considered - he's probably constipated?" She replied, "Well, we'd probably have to do an Xray ($200) before that". I left the clinic $500 poorer and with a cat that was no better off. The next morning (8 hours later) he was in even worse shape and I took him to a REAL VET (Eastview). In about 5 seconds in the hands of a REAL VET (feeling around the cat's abdomen) he said that my cat had a huge stool stuck in his gut. I asked if he needed an Xray? The REAL VET looked at me puzzled and said, "You can't miss it, but if you feel more comfortable doing an Xray first, we can and then perform an enema". $175 later my cat had two enemas, medication for a ferocious case of ear mites (missed by St. Bethlehem vet on initial checkup), medication to de-worm (figured St. Bs missed that too), medication to continue eliminating pests, and a tube of hairball removal paste. Cat was extremely happy and in no time was back to normal. JUST THE FACTS.