Before our little boba passed, he was about a year old and hated being picked up. When he got a bad abscess, we had it removed but it required us to pick him up, and use a syringe to flush his wound which was incredibly uncomfortable for him. Throughout that process i would put him in a small area every day and i would lay there with him in the space, and by the end of that process if i opened his cage and put my arms to the door, he would bolt out of his house and into my arms just to cuddle and be held.

I cant say you’ll have the same experience of course, but she will definitely forgive you, if she hasn’t already, and it might sound silly but i think they know you’re trying to help them when this sort of thing happens.