Your bengal is bored!!! And he is trying to tell you that. Bengals require a ton of attention and distractions. The first thing you need to do is take him to your vet for a thorough checkup. Eliminate anything medically wrong. Then you have to work on the behavior. The pooping on laundry? You know, that laundry is just too enticing for a bengal -- and the best thing is to make sure he does not have access to the laundry, period! One member here had papers all over the floor and her bengal would peed on them. PICK UP THE PAPERS AND DON'T LEAVE THEM ON THE FLOOR. Owning a bengal is not owning a cat. It's owning a perpetual two-year old toddler.
As for the meowing at night. It sounds again like boredom. You might want to make sure you feed him before you go to bed. You must have very close neighbors if the yowling is bothering them. My bengal wakes me up at least twice during the night -- and he yowls. I get up and feed him and try to fall back asleep. He will continue to yowl, hop on his cat wheel, go in and out of his enclosure several times, and then come back to bed. It is just my way of life these days. You will NEVER EVER silence a bengal. But, you can play with him in the evenings and wear him out. You can make sure he has beds all over the house to lounge in -- all bengals need a tall cat tree.
Jackson Galaxy recommends ignoring the cat and the cries and claims it takes two or more weeks for the behavioral change in the cat. It's difficult to do ... but you either get up and deal with the cat or ignore the cat and stay wide awake.
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