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That's great that you're already planning on a large enclosure, he will certainly need it eventually, although an 8'x3'x3' will be too large for a juvenile Tegu, it will leave them feeling vulnerable and uncomfortable in such a large space. A general rule is to keep the Tegu in a space around 2x as long as his body, and 1x as wide.
Also, Tegus don't necessarily need 12" of substrate, and finding a small Tegu in so much substrate will be a pain! A general rule for substrate depth is to have it twice as deep as your Tegu is thick.

[QUOTE="Max713, post: 75417, member: 2082"] That's great that you're already planning on a large enclosure, he will certainly need it eventually, although an 8'x3'x3' will be too large for a juvenile Tegu, it will leave them feeling vulnerable and uncomfortable in such a large space. A general rule is to keep the Tegu in a space around 2x as long as his body, and 1x as wide. Also, Tegus don't necessarily need 12" of substrate, and finding a small Tegu in so much substrate will be a pain! A general rule for substrate depth is to have it twice as deep as your Tegu is thick. [/QUOTE]

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