Help all my reptiles are dying

Just go out and buy a small room heater as soon as you possibly can. I did, and it works fantastic.

Oh man what a disaster! I lost my Chinese Water Dragon several years ago when our furnace when out. At that time I was working 14 hour shifts and it went out while I was at work. When I got back he was just about gone and the dang maintenance guy didn't get there for 2 days when we were in below 0 weather. I tried to keep him alive with hot water bottles, heat packs, and a space heater, but it was too late for him by the time I got back :( The best part was when the maintenance guy got there and said, oh did he did because it was so cold in here, shoot I could have got here sooner but it was the weekend and I don't like to work weekends...... rrrr

What I do now when the power goes out in our house from the lovely ice and snow is put them in bags and put them in my incubator-which is an old refrigerator. Then I fill the fridge door with heat packs, gallon jugs of the hottest tap water and shut them in. I of course check on them so there is air exchange, but I try not to do it more than 2 or three times a day. With just the gallon jugs of hot water I can keep it ~90 in there for 8-9 hours. If you have a cooler you can do the same thing. If not you can put them in a cardboard box like you would for shipping. Fill it with newspaper and tape a heat pack or two to the lid or fill it with hot water bottles. Your water heater should still be working as long as it's gas.

This is free if you are short on money!

You can also pick up hand warmers fairly cheaply that will help in a pinch. Activate them then wrap them in a washcloth or thin towel and place in a small box with your pet. They last up to 10 hrs, and while far from ideal, they can save a life.

I have a dozen 18 hr ones myself, the largest I can find locally. I am set to order some 60 hr ones online when my hubby get's his next check. I'd rather have them and not need them, than watch my babies die if the power goes out for a week like it did a couple years ago before I got snakes.

Gale

I hate to be critical, but honestly, I cannot imagine sitting there and watching animals die because my furnace doesn't work.

I would put them ANYWHERE--at a sympathetic pet store, animal shelter, rescue, other breeder, friend's house, car with the engine running--absolutely anywhere, other than allow them to sit in a house without proper heat, and die.

That's simply wrong.