User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-28929693-20161216025458/@comment-28929693-20161216045312

....rep, be shhh.

Inches, no. That's not how Headcrab anatomy works. I simply debeaked it and cleaned the blood off of it. Debeaking a Headcrab prevents them from makeing their hormones for parasitic behavior. Now it's just kinda like a living, pet hat.