Coastal carpets are wonderful. My female is picky. Usually she eats once a month or once every two. That's just her gig. She is 7+ feet now and 4 years old.
You could offer rabbits (smaller sized) to your snake and stretch the interval out. Then come back with a smaller sized rat or quail for the next feed and shorten the interval.
I've come to realize the best schedule is really no schedule. That obviously leans toward less frequent feeding and variations in prey size and type.
No wild carpet eats every 14 days consistently year round but they may go 1-2-3 weeks getting lucky with feeding and several months with nothing.
If you are simply looking for a long lived, healthy pet try mixing things up and see how he responds.
If he is always in a constant state of hunger look into dropping your temps during the evening and even lowering them a touch with the change of season.
Look at the shape of your animal as well and remember, internally things happen before any external signs are displayed.
Once a captive snake hits adulthood and is healthy, feedings should stretch out.
This is just my opinion and there are certainly many ways to do things.
I will wager our royal that eats maybe 5 times a year will live well into her 20's if not longer.
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