Alicia, I made a gate yesterday that seems to work really well for keeping the little people either in or out of someplace. I went to the hardware store and bought a child safety gate, the cheap kind with the wood and the plastic mesh. I then took it to the back counter and had them cut me two pieces of plexiglass to fit on the inside of the frame (just above the mesh.) I drilled several holes in the plexiglass to attatch it to the frame. This configuration didn't work all that well because I have a couple of jumpers that can leap and grap the top so I had to make one more modification. I cut a slit in a large cardboard tube (like carpet comes on, and then cut the length to fit the door, I use it primarily on.) I then slid the tube over the top of the gate, and placed it in the door. The weasles have yet to escape, they try to jump over it, but the tube makes it impossible for them to grab hold. Also when yopu set it up, make sure the side with the plexiglass is facing the ferrets, otherwise they'll climb right over. . . The hole set up cost me about 25 bucks. As an alternative to the cardboard tube you could use inexpensive PVC pipe (my ferrets love that stuff. Though you'd probably then want the store to cut that for you as well. I'll be happy to assist others if I didn't do a good enough job explaining how this works. Hope this helps.. . -Brandon [Posted in FML issue 2387]