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Message: <blockquote data-quote="psawneo1" data-source="post: 156982" data-attributes="member: 2651">I have a Pink Toe that was near death (curled up on the bottom of the enclosure) and someone on this forum helped me 'nurse' her back to health.  I live in Colorado and it's super dry.  I think she was just dehydrated and a drop of water right into her mouth a couple of times brought her back from literally the brink of death to which I'm very grateful.  She molted and then ate and was normal.  I started spraying the enclosure to keep it more humid, and she'd come out and drink and walk around -- eat, etc..  All seemed normal.  Then she stopped eating completely, which I understood could mean pre-molt.  I'd try once a week or so to feed her something, but she was disinterested.  (long story short -- she molted today).  I then went on to read that now people recommend a water dish in the enclosure and bone dry as misting can actually be bad.My question is -- since it's so dry here, can I continue to mist the enclosure as he/she has seemed to thrive in that?  I want to do what's right and she definitely almost died from dehydration before.  My guess is I just keep misting but don't overdo it as it seems to be working and she'll literally go all around the enclosure 'drinking' after I mist.   Am I ok to go with that assumption?   Thanks all, and she looks great after her 2nd molt.  Maybe I can upload a pic later.</blockquote>