John Doe wrote:

Mark Carroll wrote:

John Doe wrote:

The small cat took to it immediately.

Probably should've done that a LONG time ago.

PRELIMINARILY speaking, it's marvelous.

Very glad you seem to have found a mitigation! Thank you for sharing.

Now the small cat is using it when the big cat plays too rough (like
always). No more need to referee. No need to pay constant attention. I
thought their Skyway provided an adequate sleeping place even though
more restricted, but the small cat has slept in the private room since I
began using the latch.

Need to keep Toobig's claws clipped so it can't hook the small cat when
it's slipping into the private room. Coincidently, Toobig is the easiest
cat in the world to clip its claws, it has no fear of humans (or even a
vacuum cleaner).

Something like that should be available regardless of the size
difference. But how...

The latch is very simple and has fine adjustment for the door gap.

On its current setting... The big cat chases the small cat until the small
cat runs through the gap. Repeat. After a while of in and out running
around, sometimes the big cat pushes its way into that room after the
small cat goes back there. But then the small cat squeezes back out and
the big cat is stuck in there... The small cat appears to know how to work
the situation. The big cat probably wants to hang out by the open screened
window anyway, so not all is lost.