First time owner baby berdienot eating much

[Madmanmatrix]

So I have read a million articles and three books on bearded dragons and finally got my little buddy ryu at a local reptile show on oct 21 so I’ve only had him for a week now. I know there is time for him to get acclimated to his new environment and owner before he resumes a more regular diet but at this point I’m starting to get worried about my little one. I’m not sure the exact age because I forgot to ask the seller but he is around 5 inches does not like to sit still for measurements and is a jumper. Haven’t had a chance to weigh him yet unfortunately so my best guess is he is 2-3 months old. Back to my point, the day I got him he ate 5 crickets that were in his travel container on the way home and then ate 7 more at night. The next day he ate 7 in the morning and 4 at night then 2 days ago he ate 0 in the morning and 2 at night we bought some micro super worms yesterday which he ate three of and ate 0 crickets all day and today he had 5 superworms and 0 crickets. I would prefer him eating crickets as they are cheaper and I don’t have to crush their heads before feeding but I want him to eat my main conserne is how long should I expect before he gets comfortable and starts eating the 20-50 insects a day. As for specs we had a all living things uvb which we measured the uv today to find at 7 inches away it was putting out immeasurable levels of ice so we are going to the store tomorrow morning to buy a reprisun 10.0 bulb. In the mean time we put a temporary uvb coil light that came with his tank which isn’t much better but atleast has a low uv output from 7 inches away. Basking temperatures stay in the low 100 and the cool side fluctuates between 77 at night and 85 during the day. He has old taken a liking to climbing up the back wall of his tank and chilling literally 2 inches away from the uv bulb so I’m assuming the reptisun will help him a lot. But any help on this subject would be wonderful I only want the best for ryu.

 

[VenusAndSaturn]

He sounds very young since hatchings from what i know are 3-4 inches so hes probably either a few weeks or a month since 3-4 months are generally around 10 inches long. You could try calci-worms, much better for him than the super worms/meal worms as they are soft bodied and have high calcium and dont need to be dusted. If your hand feeding him try just throwing the crickets in the tank, possibly the movement will make him want to eat.