Final update. Unfortunately, Freedom was most definitely dead. Poor hermit crab. Kids bounce back quickly though, LOL, as we added 2 new crabs yesterday. We went from having 3, to having 2, to now having 4!! Good think the Kiosk at Ridgedale hadn't closed yet (they are selling off everything, because they are leaving the mall again for awhile). Now we have Strike, Spot, Dot and Swirly (my kids picked these names, not me ).