Good point Frank. I would think very little dispersal would take place before the first shed at least. I have seen neonate coppers, cottons and timbers around their mother clustered up while awaiting their first shed. I would be interested in what those snakes that are in the one to two month age group are doing as far as movement. Thats the age that I see most often crossing roads or turning up in slightly unusual places when it comes to young snakes. Places like neighbors yards, parking lots, inhabited buildings, crossing roads in unexpected places and so forth. I wonder how far they have traveled and what stimulus motivates them. I wonder if a certain percentage of any population is more apt to be genetically predispositioned to be transient in nature and be potential colonizers while the majority moves shorter distances from their original starting point and establishes home ranges there. Interesting topic for sure. Thanks again, Phil

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