My son came up with a great idea to keep the ferrets out of the garage, but still let the cats get to their food and litter box. We took a cardboard tube, cut it to fit the width of the door and then cut it lengthwise. We then opened the lengthwise cut enough to place the tube on top of the baby gate. No matter how hard "da boys" try to climb and get over they cannot because, the round top is too hard to get their claws in to and they cannot get over. Yesterday I had a little short end table that I brought in from the garage. I set it about 1 1/2 feet from the baby gate. Frankie and Poncho kept trying to leap from the table to the top of the baby gate to get into the garage. Needless to say they gave up and went to find trouble elsewhere. Kim the Oregon one Kim Reyes Residential Specialist John L. Scott Real Estate Direct: (503) 380-4195 Toll Free 1-877-490-2595 http://www.kimreyes.com [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 3667]