My War Against Flying Rats

Tonight I risked my life by crawling out on the roof of our building to install anti-pigeon stakes around the second floor terrace. I originally was against the idea as I had visions of me sliding on the tile roof and falling to my death 6 floors down. But because the flying rats wake me up every morning (and they deposit golden jewels of diseased waste around the deck), I decided it was time they never came back. I witnessed three of them try to land then quickly backtrack to another terrace after I installed a few so I know they work. Here's to hoping it wasn't a one-time thing and that they just weren't scared off by my menacing growl.