My experience, which I admit is limited, my daughters BD any where from 1 to 2 weeks. However, the last 3 weeks she's been in a state of perpetual shedding.
My daughters BD "Lizzie" started turning her nose up to crickets about a 1 1/2 months ago. Don't know her age but right now she's 10.500 inches long.
I decided to try Dubia's and ordered 250 small/medium from KFCfeeders.com. Once received I dusted the roaches and place 10 in the feeder bin with...
Give them a few days to a couple of weeks. The stress of the move and new habitat will keep them from eating.
Also, you are correct I would not feed them meal worms.
I just finished my 48" x 24" x 24" melamine enclosure and was going to go with 0.093 plexi until I realized how flexible it was. I ended up going with .220 thickness instead.