Fostering newborn rats without mum

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rattins

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Hello!

I read a lot of threads in the forum, but don't seem to find a solution to my problem.

We found a litter of rats and the mum has been sent away (as the litter was inside a house).
My friend is trying to foster them but it seems they are a little too thin.
So we found them 7 days ago and we think they should have been a few days old at that time (like 3 days old), so now they should be 10 days old. I attach the photo of when we found them, I'll attach a most recent one when I have it.
We gave them goat milk at first, but after 2 days we started giving them kittens formula.
They are very active and eat, but don't gain weight.
What can we do to help them gain weight?
And what kind of rats should they be, considering the photo?
Thanks
 

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