I just noticed this ulcerated spot on my cat’s temple about 2 hours ago. I just gave her a bath 2 days ago and I don’t remember it being there. I will preface this with it is currently 11:30 p.m. and the vet is closed, but I will be calling their office when they open tomorrow morning to schedule her an appointment. 

Important context: 
- Libby is 15
- I took her to the vet in December for her annual check-up and mentioned that I was worried about how much wax she produces in her left ear. Both of my girls are indoor only but somehow got ear mites in January of 2023, but I treated them with ear drops from my vet and didn’t have any other issues. The vet swabbed her ears and looked at it under a microscope and said there were no mites or active infection, she just overproduces wax. I try to help her out by taking some qtips and gently cleaning her left ear out, about once a week, but the last few times I’ve cleaned her ear, I notice that it will bleed a little bit once the wax is removed, almost like picking a scab over and over. 
- she had a few small skin tags on her body that never ulcerated or bled, until recently when I felt one or two of them scab over while I was petting her. 

I’m trying not to assume anything sinister until she’s able to receive a full examination, but I’ve never seen anything like this on her before. I have another cat as well, but they don’t play or roughhouse, so I don’t think it’s traumatic in nature. She only has her back claws (my mom unfortunately had her declawed when we first rescued her back in 2012, not my decision), but she does clean and scratch her ears kind of more than she probably should, so maybe this is just a self-inflicted deep scratch that she keeps messing with that caused this. 

Does this look like skin cancer?