The thing to remember with rescues, this may sound a bit odd, but adjust slowly don't add stress by making a massive change all at once. You say he has been 10 years with out heat. I have seen others that have been in that same situation and have adjusted to it somewhat (10 years there had to be some adjustment) I'd recommend going slowly, get the uth but don't just crank it up to 90 straight away start cooler like 85 and give him some time, a few days. Then if he is always on the heat go up a notch 88 say and see what he does if he starts to regulate at that point keep it there for a while (a few weeks and hopefully he will start to eat again) when he does increase it a bit again, give him time to adjust each increase. If he seems to stop regulating stop he will let you know when the temps are correct.
Rescues are wonderful and heartbreaking all at the same time, be diligent with quarantining him from any other herps!
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