There is a huge difference between what an animal can eat physically and what it should eat, on of the biggest issue with adult BP who have a much slower metabolism is overfeeding, consequences of that, long fast and fatty liver disease that has been diagnose in some cases.
Even a 3500 grams/4000 grams can thrive on medium rats (150 grams max) once a week.
Female while needing to be plump should not be overweight, overweight female will slug out.
Now do breeders increase feeding prior to breeding an animal yes but this is a 2 to 3 months thing not a year round thing and it is done for obvious reason with females only.
The key for a healthy animal that eats with consistency is to feed smaller preys weekly.
If you feed a 250 grams rat while the animal might be able to take it it will likely skip food for 2 to 3 weeks. Feed a 150 grams rat instead and your BP will eat weekly and that translate as a bigger monthly food intake feeding smaller preys than feeding bigger ones. Feeding large preys also make your animal VERY sluggish and not just for a day or two.
The idea of feeding every 48 hours is just a bad idea for so many reasons one being that is take that much time for an animal to truly digest it's food.
It's well known that BP will fast to catch up when overfed and that is one of the most common frustration among new owners.
Additionally there is also a huge difference between male and female feeding for obvious reasons, male do not require anything larger than small rats weekly (around 75 grams) for the biggest males, they are not females and their feeding should differ.
Finally Pets VS Breeders, obviously you would not feed the animal as much either with feeding increase like breeders do prior to pairing.
It's' really about common sense and understanding their metabolism and need, sure they could eat massive prey but they do not need it and they do not benefit from them either.
Feedig large preys is very old school people have since learned a lot more about metabolism and understand how those animals function.
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