Hello! Is this what shedding looks like on sulcata?

Via Infinito

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Please help! I can’t find any picture of shedding of tortoises anywhere? Are these white patches underneath the back legs shedding, there is also abit at the back of head where the skin is near the shell my sulcata tortoise weights 449g and more than a year old

Furthermore, I keep it in a mixture of topsoil, coco coir, moss, hay and tiny bit of white sand. Substrate is 70% soil tho so the skin of the tortoise is tainted dark brown.
 

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Please help! I can’t find pictures of tortoise shedding anywhere! It is kept on topsoil so the skin is tainted brown. Also it is 449g and more than one year old.
Are these white patches at the back legs and abit at the skin of the neck shedding? I need to know for sure!
 

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Not sure I see shedding, but I don’t see anything to worry about either. That’s a beautiful Sulcata!
 

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Awww look at that cutie. That is exactly what my four month old sulcatas are doing. I assumed it was a form of shedding. But i will...like you wait to hear from one of the long time members. I am new as well. :)
 

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Looks normal. Either slight shedding or just not as dirty or from his own skin rubbing. Nothing looks abnormal.
 

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