Kittens born with TWO FACES purr perfectly! Thai-born cat defies odds of survival and now drinks milk from both mouths
- A kitten with two faces was born in the northern Thai province of Lampang
- Born on Sunday, it defied all predictions by surviving for more than a few hours
- The kitten’s owners say he’s now happily drinking milk with both faces
A rare kitten born in the north with two faces Thailand has defied all odds by surviving more than a few hours.
The owner of the kitten, who was born in the county’s northern Lampang province on Sunday, said he is now drinking milk from both mouths.
He added that one side of the kitten was named “Tung Ngern” (sack of silver) and the other side “Tung Tong” (sack of gold).
After seeing the two-year-old mother cat give birth to a kitten, owner Anuwat saw that she was struggling with the second.
A rare kitten born in northern Thailand with two faces has defied all odds by surviving more than a few hours (pictured: a Guinness World Record-breaking two-faced cat, Frank and Louie)
The 29-year-old took her to a local veterinary clinic in Hang Chat, where vets performed a cesarean and was stunned when they removed the two-faced kitten.
Known as Janus cats after the two-faced Roman god Janus, two-faced kittens rarely live longer than a day.
He later told local media he was convinced they were going to die.
But after seeing the kitten fight for its life, he said he spent the next two days tending to it.
He said: “I’ve hardly slept since he was born because he can’t keep his head up and needs constant attention.
Two-faced kittens, known as Janus cats after the two-faced Roman god Janus, rarely live more than a day (pictured: Frank and Louie, a Guinness World Record-breaking two-faced cat)
“It’s as much a responsibility as having a human baby.”
He added: “I thought the brother was going to die. But it seems that the younger brother fought a lot for his life.
“At first I thought I’d give the kittens to someone who’s done this sort of thing before, because I don’t have any experience.
“But if you think about it, nobody’s ever cared for a two-faced cat.”
The kitten with the two faces, four eyes, two noses, two mouths and two ears should be fine now and lick milk happily.
Although Janus kittens rarely survive more than a day, in 1999 a gray two-faced kitten named “Frank and Louie” who was born in Massachusetts lived to an incredible 15 years.
In 2012, the cat was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest surviving Janus cat.
