Staff at Knoxwood Wildlife Rescue Centre near Wigton say the "rare" male and female kittens have proved a popular addition with visitors. The pair, who were born eight weeks ago in a litter with two black and white striped skunks, are yet to be named.
Their mother Nansie was recently brought to the centre after being found wandering on Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
She fell pregnant after the father, Pepe, was taken to the centre from the Cumbrian fells.
Rescue centre founder George Scott said: "From what we understand about one in 20,000 skunk births are albino so to get two in one litter is pretty special. They are a lot less timid than their black and white counterparts and our visitors just love them."
He said staff did not intend to reintroduce any of the skunks into the countryside as the animals were not native to the UK.
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