Thread: Cat Door?

Thanks to everyone for your replies! I'm going to start with a simple baby gate and see how that works out. There are a couple little gliches I didn't mention in my original post. The house basement is a half-basement, contiguous with the rec room/family room, so the beagle (baby pic here two years ago, along with my Maine, Jasper) will have frequent access to the area. The second issue is my other cat (not a purebred Maine) is older, shorter, a little arthritic and prone to not use the cat box if confronted with any change in routine. He's also easily food-enticed, so hopefully food on the other side of the gate will do the trick in getting him to get used to making that leap! I'll also put a soft place to land on the descent and we should be all set. Again, thanks for your quick replies and advice---I really appreciate it!