Welcome to The Tegu and congratulations on your new rescued friend. He sounds relatively small considering the pet store you got him from was getting away with feeding him crickets, which is good for you since hopefully that means the recovery shouldn't take too long, about a month or so like Pikey said. I know a lot of pet stores in my area have policies against feeding mice to their lizards but they provide an important staple in this large lizard's diet and shouldn't be ignored.
A good way to judge is by getting mice about the size of your tegus head, that way you get as big a mouse as your tegu can eat while continually upgrading to calcium the older the mouse is. Pinkies at this stage are invaluable though as your tegu probably needs to be fattened up a bit from only eating crickets. About the time his tail plumpens up is when you can stop feeding him a fattier diet.
As for the MBD, he'll need a MVB (Mercury Vapor Bulb) or UVB bulb and possibly some natural sunlight. At that age I wouldn't suggest a leash as it may become scared and flighty when he gets his strength back but if you have one of the larger travel tanks (the clear ones you can get for about $20 or so) you can take him outside and give him some sun that way.
Congratulations and welcome again to The Tegu, and would you mind posting pics of your new friend?
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