A rare kitten born with two faces has died after defying all odds and surviving for four days.
The tiny creature was named Tung Ngern meaning bag of silver and Tung Tong meaning bag of gold.
She was born on Sunday in the northern Lampang province of Thailand and passed away on Wednesday morning, according to reports.
Owner Anuwat, 29, told how the cat began struggling to breathe in the early hours of the morning and died just hours later.
In a social media post, they said: "Little Tung and Ngern Tung Tong has died, everyone.
"She has left this world. I don’t know what was wrong. She started struggling to breathe at 1am and I put the blanket over her.
"I opened the blanket at 5.30am and she wasn’t breathing anymore. Her body was in a good condition.
"She was born on July 17 and died on July 20. She fought really hard and was very patient.”
Anuwat said the kitten faced many challenges during her short life.
"I have never seen anything like it," the owner continued.
"She struggled to be born. Her mother 'cat' started to show signs of giving birth at 9am on Sunday.
"Cat had one kitten but couldn’t get the other babies out. Cat had a caesarian section at 5pm."
The adult cat was "very patient" and slept for more than 12 hours before she was able to meet her babies, according to its owner.
Tung Ngern and Tung Tong was looked after by its owner for a few days after the birth before she passed away.
"Safe travels, Little One," its owner added.
Two-faced kittens are known as Janus cats after the two-faced Roman God.
They rarely survive for more than a few hours and can struggle to suckle like normal kittens.
Janus cats have one head, one brain, one body and one set of organs.
The only part of their body that is always duplicated is the face and the severity of this can vary.
After seeing the cat give birth, Anuwat saw she was struggling with the second, reports the Mail Online.
He took the pet to a local animal hospital in Hang Chat where vets performed a C-section and removed the two-faced kitten.
Anuwat was stunned to see the kitten and took to social media saying he was convinced it would die.
The owner then spent the next two days caring for the kitten after seeing it "fight for its life."
He said the kitten initially appeared to be doing well and was drinking milk from both its mouth.
"I've hardly slept at all since it was born because it cannot hold its head up and needs constant attention," he said.
In 1999, a Janus kitten named Frank and Louie survived its early years despite all odds and lived on for an astonishing 15 years.
The cat, from Massachusetts, made the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012 as the longest surviving of its kind.
