Baby gates are ideal when it comes to creating a ferret-proof “loose” area. It is important to choose the right ones. Ferrets easily climb almost all plastic mesh baby gates. It is not uncommon for them to go straight through the mesh! This baby gate needs to be sturdier, with solid Plexiglas’s sides. Ferrets can’t climb over or get through that terrain with their paws, so they can’t get a hold of it. Gates such as these perform the same function as regular gates.