It's me, Sherry, again - I need more advice about my 14 year old Grey named Winter. I'll have him 2 weeks on Sunday. He is a great, great bird. Will go with anyone and I mean anyone - but me . It is my fault because everytime I try to get him to step up - either from his perch inside of his cage or on the outside of his cage, he puts his head down and I flinch. If he is on the floor, or if someone else is holding him, I can get him to step up just fine. My friend and her husband can get him to step up no matter where he is. They can also put their hand in his mouth and play with him. I don't understand why he puts his head down with me and no one else. I have a bird trainer coming over tomorrow for a consultation so, I hope he can help me - but, my friend's husband came over last night and said - if he couldn't help me, how can the trainer. He tried so hard to get me to pick up Winter while he was on his cage but, Winter kept putting his head down and I can't get near his feet - so I kept flinching. I love this bird and I don't know what to do. If I was not afraid of getting bitten, I wouldn't need a trainer to come over.