That’s amazing – must have been a very strong rat – not to mention a wimp of a cat if it still didn’t manage to catch the rat when it escaped! Not a very helpful cat, it seems. How frustrating!
Hopefully that will be enough to keep the rat away, but it could easily go the other way. They are quite intelligent so it may not go in the trap again, but you never know. Moving the trap to the new location might work – as long as that cat doesn’t turn up again to foil the plan!
Good luck with whichever way you decide upon.
