A single cat just won’t do it. Start up a feral colony for some real rat deterrent.
Jokes aside, I remember a house in north Texas recently built atop the only hill for miles around and all the trees had been cleared for farming. When the heavy rains started, it seemed like every single bug, rat, snake, mole, squirrel, and every other critter decided to pay the house a visit. It was on the market the very next week.
