Alert, looking for food, but won’t eat when offered

I have a 1 month old who for the past couple of days has been wandering around his tank looking for his crickets and something to munch on. However, every time I offer him crickets, he’s scared of them and runs away from them. He’s been in hunter mode but runs when offered any crickets. I tend to only let about four or five into the tank at any given time (adding more as he eats them). Any ideas on what’s going on/how to convince him to eat? He has adjusted well to his home (I have put him in a starter until he grows into the 70 gal I have from a previous beardie). He’s on reptile carpet and I plan to change to tile in the near future. He’s really calm and relaxed so I take him outside to get his UVB (I do not have a bar that will fit his tank at the time but plan to get one ASAP).

He may just be timid around crickets in particular. I would keep the amount you are offering down so they are easier to track. I'd also try some other feeders like black soldier fly larvae or small hornworms and see if those are less intimidating for now.

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Okay. He has gotten a little more brave about them but I’ll definitely try that!

Mine did at first, so I put a combination of cricket and mango purée in his dish, she ate well. I also put a little piece of Mango and juice in the crickets keeper. Once they walked into the mango juice and started eating it, I put them and her habitat and she went crazy! Now she just eats plain crickets and gets fruit and greens in her dish.

I would get some dubia roaches -- they are better nutritional wise any way
www.dubiaroaches.com