It depends on how cold your room is. Heat mats only heat the floor of the cage. This means if you room is below 75 degrees you might also need a heat lamp.
Heat mats must be regulated by a thermostat. Without one the heat mat can (and will) get hot enough to kill your snake.
Just some advice, the stuff sold at pet stores (and this includes the snakes as well) are overpriced and of low quality. This is espicially true with the thermostats they sell.
Here are 2 good ones:
The hydrofarm, sold on amazon for $30 these will work but lack the accuracy and safety features of better thermostats. These should be replaced with a better thermostat when possible.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000NZ..._bxgy_ol_img_b
The Herpstat, these are the best but start at $99. They have multiple safety features and are very accurate.
http://spyderrobotics.com/
There are many good breeders that will ship a snake right to your door. Not only will these breeders have more/better snakes, but they are sold at what they are actually worth. (most breeders sites only have morphs listed. If you call/email them they usually have normals that are much cheaper
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