3 Different Piggies

[Merv987]

We've got 3 little sister piggies, they're about 3 months old now, one is very happy sitting on my youngest daughters lap, she sings to her quietly and her little piggy dozes off. My piggy hates being picked up, she's happy running around the floor, or in the cage is always the first one to grab the food, either out of my hand or the bowl, and is quite happy to investigate when I'm cleaning the cage around her. The other one just never wants to sit still, she's not happy about being picked up, but she's not really angry about it. The thing is she'll never sit still long because she just loves exploring.
So 2 questions, should I persevere with mine who doesn't like beine picked up, i'm quite happy to just let her wander round and love it when she sits at the bars chatting to me when i'm in the room. For the one who doesn't like to sit still, is that partly because she's still little, will she still for longer as she gets older?

 

[Beans&Toast]

Some piggies aren't too keen on lap time, and some just take a long time to trust their humans and feel fully relaxed around them. I'd still keep trying though, it usually just requires a lot of patience

And baby piggies are usually much more active than older pigs, they tend to zoom around and popcorn a lot more. My two are around 4 and they still like to roam around and do the ocasional popcorn but they're very chilled out pigs, they like their naps

 

[Freela]

Some pigs are 'lap pigs' and some pigs are not... however, I would persevere in picking up the more active pigs for however long they will tolerate, with the understanding that they may never doze on your lap like the 'lap pig' does. If they are babies, they may settle in time.

Right now we have one who I would characterize as a lap pig (will stretch out and go to sleep) and another who really isn't- we can hold her, but she will continue to sniff around, lick our hands, and generally be 'busy' on our laps. However, we still hold both daily and just accept that they have different 'styles.' Baby pigs may settle down and be less active later on, but I would add that our busier pig is our senior pig and our lazy lap pig is our junior, so some of it comes down to personality too.