Hi, I have used the baby gates. 60% of the time something would falter. Some ferrets can go through the holes. Once you get a fuzzbutt that learns how to climb it. Forget it. It's all over with now. I did this from Dec until a couple weeks ago. I finally did what a shelter mom told me to do months ago. That was to use plexiglass. I feel alot more security especially through the night. Before I would wake up at every little whim or sound run down the stairs to make sure everything was okay. I even tarped the gate. I found nothing feels as good as the plexiglass. For safety and security. Good Luck, Dooks, NeeJa and the MOD's (Masters of Disaster) [Posted in FML issue 3477]