I’m wondering if I’m doing more harm than good, so I thought I would ask here.  I have a very nice 4 x 4 foot pen that my Honey is in all day while I sleep.  (I work at night generally).  I work from home and she is in my home office.  When I get up in the evening, she is perfectly content that I’m just there and stays in her pen until about 9 or 10 at night.  Then, she does want out and I of course have to clean up and all, so I let her out.

I have been letting her run the room for about 6 to 8 hours at night.  Is this too long?  She’s 16 weeks old now.  She poos EVERYWHERE!! There is no rhyme or reason to it.  She has claimed under the bed in that room as her hidey place of choice and tends to not go so much under there, but my carpet all around? A mess!  It does seem to be though 2 or 3 hours after she’s been out before I notice a lot of poo on the rug.  Suggestions?

She is usally pretty good about just peeing on her rugs in her cage or in the box.  She does wet sometimes on my carpet.  Thank god for vinegar! 

I’m wondering if 6 to 8 hours is maybe too long, even in just one room?  Should it just be 2 or 3 hours maybe? and then if she does well with that for a while, move it up an hour and so on?  I hate that she is “cooped up” in that pen, but then I realize some buns spend their whole life in a tiny cage and never let out much. 

I just thought I’d ask here what others have done with very young buns. 

Thanks in advance!