Chameleon Academy Virtual Campus

The Chameleon Academy Virtual Campus is a closed course/community platform that is dedicated to learning about chameleons. This paid community is hosted on a professional platform and offers education through digital course, forums for daily communication between students and community members, regular lectures from scientists, veterinarians, and breeders, and the best place to be completely up to date on what is going on in the expansive Chameleon Academy outreach!

There are three sections to the Chameleon Academy Virtual Campus and you can subscribe to any combination or all of them.

Chameleon Wranglers: This track has contains the general forums including Chameleon Husbandry, DIY Chameleon Guys, and the lecture hall (with all replays of past lectures). This access is $10 a month

Parasite Hunters: This track includes the Hunting Microscopic Chameleon Parasites course, the Parasite Hunter forum, and the Lecture Hall. The course is a $80 one time purchase

Reptile Entrepreneurs: This track focuses on how to create and maintain a social media outreach. This space will have only the people who are dedicated to social media outreach do that we can concentrate on the art of content creation. This track is $10 per month.

All three tracks are independent of each other and should be signed up separately. Click the names of the tracks above for links to the sign-up page.

Patreon Supporters: Your support is greatly appreciated! I feel bad that I cannot add another outreach to my schedule and show you the thanks I have for you. And if you are wanting to simply support without expectation of me providing additional value then my Patreon is open and working! But if you would like a more active outreach with the most active members of the community then please use your Patreon support to, instead, purchase a monthly $10 subscription to Chameleon Wranglers. There I will be able to give more direct value!

The Chameleon Wrangler track is for people who want to ask questions and have discussions about chameleons and their husbandry. The advantage of this forum experience is that is on a protected closed forum to avoid the typical disruptions we find on social media.  I require respectful interaction and will maintain that standard. Before you begin interacting, please read the guidelines on the virtual campus. The high level summary is

1. I will maintain a respectful atmosphere
2. You are 100% responsible for the “tone” of what you write
3. Being right does not justify being rude or disrespectful.

You will have access to the following spaces:

Chameleon Husbandry: The space for all things chameleon! Here we discuss husbandry, chameleons in the wild, and breeding.

Chameleon Academy News: Be the first to know about planned events and give your feedback to help develop future directions for the outreach

This Reptile Life: A space for any non-chameleon reptile. Because we all have loves outside of our main focus!

DIY Chameleon Guys: James and I are there to discuss your projects and our upcoming activities.

Lecture Hall: On a regular basis we have a lecture where I present on a topic or bring in a guest lecturer. Part lecturers have included Jonathan Hill talking on dealing with a coccidia outbreak in his panther breeding project, Dean Missimer on breeding grasshoppers, Dr. Michael Nash on Protozoan Parasites, and Dr. Rob Coke on parasitic medicines.

The Chameleon Wrangler Track is $10 a month and can be subscribed to here: Chameleon Wrangler Track

The Parasite Hunter track gives you an education in doing your own chameleon (or other reptile) fecal analysis. It contains a self-guided community powered digital course, a downloadable e-textbook, and a forum for discussion.

You will have access to the following spaces:

Hunting Microscopic Chameleon Parasites Digital Course: A self-guided digital course that teaches you parasite basics, what equipment to purchase, how to prepare fecal samples, how to use a microscope, how to identify parasites, which medicines to use, how to work with your vet, and how to use husbandry to break the parasitic lifecycle. You also get an e-book download

Parasite Hunters: This is the space where we discuss anything you run into with the Parasite course. You will be in discussions with fellow students, alumni, and the instructor. We regularly post use cases so you can see real-world applications with chameleons and other reptiles.

Chameleon Academy News: Be the first to know about planned events and give your feedback to help develop future directions for the outreach and new courses

Lecture Hall: On a regular basis we have a lecture where I present on a topic or bring in a guest lecturer. Part lecturers have included Jonathan Hill talking on dealing with a coccidia outbreak in his panther breeding project, Dean Missimer on breeding grasshoppers, Dr. Michael Nash on Protozoan Parasites, and Dr. Rob Coke on parasitic medicines.

The Parasite Hunter Track is a one-time purchase of $80 and can be purchased here: Parasite Hunter Track

The Reptile Entrepreneur track provides daily guidance on creating your own content outreach.. Current focus is YouTube, Instagram, Newsletters, digital products, podcasts, and websites.

You will have access to the following spaces:

All Reptile Entrepreneur Spaces: Currently there is one space “Digital Outreach” where we cover content creation for Youtube, Instagram, Newsletters, etc… Future spaces may include Creating a LIVEstream outreach, 3D printing, building a business, and specific platform spaces as the Bill Strand YouTube channel expands into these areas. Your subscription will include these expanded spaces.

Chameleon Academy News: Be the first to know about planned events and give your feedback to help develop future directions for the outreach and new courses.

The Reptile Entrepreneur track subscription is $10 per month and can be signed up here: Reptile Entrepreneur Track