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Two cats are seen in "Enter 77" which are significant to the plot.

Flashbacks

Amira's cat

Amira has a long-haired gray cat. Amira says she originally found it shortly after her torture at the hands of Sayid, when she was afraid to leave the apartment. She saw a bunch of boys abusing the animal by capturing it and forcing it in a box with exploding fireworks. She rescued and adopted it, saying that this was the first time she had a reason to leave the house since her ordeal. She says that the cat is usually nice, but occasionally scratches and bites her because of its earlier traumatic abuse. She relates that she understands and forgives it, because she "knows what it's like not to feel safe."

On the Island

Nadia scratching at the trap door in floor

Mikhail's cat is named Nadia, which surprises Sayid, because not only does it look similar to Amira's cat, but also it shares the same name as his love, Nadia. Mikhail says that the cat was named after Nadia Comăneci, an Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast whom he believes to be the greatest athlete who ever lived. The cat scratching on the floor was the first tip-off Sayid had that there was a secret trapdoor under the rug that ran down to the basement in The Flame. The cat is something that he fixates on when he first comes upon The Flame, and also after the explosion of the station. The cat survived the explosion, and was seen sitting looking at Sayid at the end of the episode. As indicated by the writers, we will likely see that cat again sometime.

Trivia

Mikhail's cat Nadia

Amira's cat is male while Nadia, presumably, is female.
In the March 26, 2007 podcast, executive producer Damon Lindelof insinuated that the magic box reference had something to do with the cat: "It would be kind of silly to walk to the middle of the island and there's a kind of a big large refrigerator box sitting there and Kate's horse comes trotting out and Sayid's little cat and Jack's dad ... that would be kind of the worst idea in the history of ideas."
However, in the March 21st, 2008 podcast, when asked whether some mysterious appearances were the Monster, humans, apparitions, animals, dead, etc., the producers stated that Mikhail's cat Nadia was an "animal and coincidence"