When to interfere?
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:45 pm
...or to even interfere at all? 
Recently six new crabs have fallen in to my care and I am getting to experience aggression in a crabitat for the first time. I've gone through old threads on the forum to try to get a grasp on things, but I still have my concerns. I realize that -- like with any social system -- letting crabs establish their hierarchy is important, but how can I tell if it is time to step in? Or do I let everything pan out on its own? I am mainly just seeing what seems to be the beginning of a possible shell fight... or maybe its just typical dominance.

Recently six new crabs have fallen in to my care and I am getting to experience aggression in a crabitat for the first time. I've gone through old threads on the forum to try to get a grasp on things, but I still have my concerns. I realize that -- like with any social system -- letting crabs establish their hierarchy is important, but how can I tell if it is time to step in? Or do I let everything pan out on its own? I am mainly just seeing what seems to be the beginning of a possible shell fight... or maybe its just typical dominance.