I am posting this inquiry for a friend, who has an egg-bound ball python but not enough money to take her to see a vet right now. He said she has been egg-bound for about three weeks. When I saw her today, she had a huge bulge at her vent area, which was obviously a bunch of eggs piled up there. I have dealt with egg-bound corn snakes before and knew that the ones close to the vent are generally pretty easy to get out. So, he asked me if I could remove them, and they came out really easy after squirting some mineral oil into her vent and then just pushing them down and out. There were three big slugs piled up right near her vent. Unfortunately there is also a fourth egg that is higher up on her body, maybe about eight inches up from her vent, that I am not comfortable messing with. We did cut one of the slugs that came out open and found it to be totally solid inside, so any kind of aspiration procedure is definitely out. The fourth eggs seems to be adhered to something. and does not move down easily, like the first three that were piled up near her vent. I am not comfortable with trying to push very hard for fear of tearing something inside and hurting her. I am just wondering if any of you guys have ever dealt with a stuck egg like that in a ball python? Will it eventually just come down and out on its own? Could manually pushing it down do serious harm? Could just leaving it alone cause problems? I realize that best anwser would be for him to take her to see the herp vet, but he really can't afford to right now. Just wondering if anyone has any insight / experience to share? Thanks!