ok, i will do that.
as far as the assist feeding, she hadn't eaten for the handler at the petco that i got her from in about 2 weeks, which made 3 weeks at the time i fed her. She was pretty thin at that point, and after talking to the guy(seemed like a trusting guy and had plenty of info to give) at the store when i went in for food he said it would be a god idea to get some food in her if she didn't take it on her own.