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My first guess is parasites. Second guess is that the cage is too hot as to why the loose stool and underweight problem.
Are you feeding them together in the same tank? If so this is an accident waiting to happen and could also explain why one of them isn't feeding.
You say you feed small meals often? How so? In any case, this is not how their digestive systems work. They should be on a schedule of one or two girth sized rats once every 7,10 or 14 days...depending on appetite. feeding smaller meals more often will not allow them to replentish gut flora and will cause food in the intestines to puterify because when more food is swallowed...all the enzymes rush to attack the fresh food with more nutrients leaving the old meal to sour...also slowing the metabolism rather than speeding it up as one might think which will lead to impaction.
I have no idea what products are sold in the UK that are comparable to pedialyte. Are you sure it isn't sold there? It is a clear fluid sold where baby food is sold in grocery stores here for the purpose of treating dehydration. You can mix it 50/50 or use if full strength. You can dropper or preferably tube feed small amounts as needed for severe dehydration and also soak them in it.
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