Well my BP is still relatively young and not full grown, so no, I keep her on me all the time. She crawls (! OK slides) all round me sometimes, other times she's content to just rest on me and not move much. She enjoys her head being petted so long as it's a continuous stroking from neck up and not just a finger that is come out of nowhere suddenly poking at her head. She loves her fleshy side bits of her face being done mostly.