Cat access into pole barn

[picker77]

Our cats have to jump up about 30" to a platform to gain access to a swinging door in a walkout basement window. Wild animals either can't jump that high or don't think to. It's worked for us for ~ 20 years and several cats.

Steve IA

That's a promising idea. Just put the cat door about 3-4 feet up on a smooth wall with a small platform mounted inside and outside, problem solved. Any cat will learn immediately to jump to the platform where the swinging cat door is, wild critters will generally not do that, even if they could. Besides, coons aren't that great with their vertical leaping ability, although they can climb up just about anything they can get a grip on.