Hey all,
I'm new to the forum here, but not new to ball pythons or reptiles. I've been quietly reading the forums here for the past several weeks. I've had several snakes and a few bearded dragons in the past. Now that I've bought a house and my living situation is more permanent, I've decided to restart my snake collection. I did some "refresher" research, and built my own rack system which turned out pretty nice for the money. About 6 weeks ago, I purchases 2 pastel ball pythons from a very reputable breeder. I had ordered 1.1 pastel, but what I actually received was 0.2 pastel. Eh, whatever. Just have to buy another male I guess. The important thing is, they're both doing well.

Anyways, I have 2 very simple questions.

This time of year, all the little bugs and spiders are trying to get into the house to keep warm. I normally would bug bomb the basement to kill them off, but my snakes are in the basement. Would the pesticides be harmful for the snakes?
I can close off the snake room, but I doubt it would seal out all the chemical. Moving them out of the basement isn't really an option. Its a heck of a lot easier to maintain a good humidity down here, wife doesn't want them upstairs, melamine is ubber heavy, ect... the list goes one.

Second question, and I probably know the answer to this one already, just wanted some more opinions. I know you are to quarantine new snakes from your collection. I'm going to the reptile show in Omaha next month and plan on bringing home 2 or 4 more snakes. This would double or triple my current collection. I hope to strike a deal with one breeder and bring home 4 snakes purchased from 1 guy. Instead of 4 snakes purchased from 4 different breeders.
If I buy 4 snakes from one person, can all 4 be quarantined together, away from my current collection?
If I buy 4 snakes from 4 different people, do I need to separate each snake in its own room? I don't have that many different rooms in my basement LOL. How you guys do it when you acquire multiple snakes from different breeders?

Anyways, thanks for the read and thanks in advance for the replies. I'll try to post a pic of my rack system, and I'll get a few photos of my snakes in the next few days.